Staff Profiles

Dr Styliana Mirallai

PhD

Contact Details

Honorary Research Lecturer
School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Gawlay
Ireland
E: styliana.mirallai@nuigalway.ie

Postdoctoral Researcher
https://www.linkedin.com/in/styliana-mirallai-b1116b3b/

Biography

2019-present: Honorary Research Lecturer in the School of Chemistry (NUI Galway)
2018-present: Postdoctoral Researcher in Medicinal Chemistry (NUI Galway, Prof. PV Murphy)
2017: Teaching Assistant in Organic Chemistry (NUI Galway)
2016-2018: Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry (NUI Galway, Prof. F Aldabbagh, Prof. PV Murphy).
2015-2016: Contract Lecturer in General and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (University of Nicosia)
2015-2016: Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry (University of Cyprus, Prof. PA Koutentis)
2012-2016: Secretary at eHeterocycles Ltd
2009-2015: Teaching Assistant (Department of Chemistry, University of Cyprus)
2009-2015: PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (University of Cyprus, Supervisor: Prof. PA Koutentis)
2005-2009: BSc in Chemistry (University of Cyprus).

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	'N-Alkyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-l-fucitols as fucosidase inhibitors: Synthesis, molecular modelling and activity against cancer cell lines' Zhou J;Negi A;Mirallai SI;Warta R;Herold-Mende C;Carty MP;Ye XS;Murphy PV; (2019) 'N-Alkyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-l-fucitols as fucosidase inhibitors: Synthesis, molecular modelling and activity against cancer cell lines'. Bioorganic Chemistry, 84 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'MS-275 Chemical Analogues Promote Hemoglobin Production and Erythroid Differentiation of K562 Cells' Voskou S;Phylactides M;Afantitis A;Melagraki G;Tsoumanis A;Koutentis PA;Mitsidi T;Mirallai SI;Kleanthous M; (2019) 'MS-275 Chemical Analogues Promote Hemoglobin Production and Erythroid Differentiation of K562 Cells'. Hemoglobin, 43 (2) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Incorporating Morpholine and Oxetane into Benzimidazolequinone Antitumor Agents: The Discovery of 1,4,6,9-Tetramethoxyphenazine from Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydroiodic Acid-Mediated Oxidative Cyclizations' Conboy D;Mirallai SI;Craig A;McArdle P;Al-Kinani AA;Barton S;Aldabbagh F; (2019) 'Incorporating Morpholine and Oxetane into Benzimidazolequinone Antitumor Agents: The Discovery of 1,4,6,9-Tetramethoxyphenazine from Hydrogen Peroxide and Hydroiodic Acid-Mediated Oxidative Cyclizations'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 84 (15) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Regioselective Fluorination of 7-Oxo-1,2,4-benzotriazines Using Selectfluor' Mirallai SI;Koutentis PA;Aldabbagh F; (2019) 'Regioselective Fluorination of 7-Oxo-1,2,4-benzotriazines Using Selectfluor'. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 24 (2) [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Synthesis of: N -[(dialkylamino)methyl]acrylamides and N -[(dialkylamino)methyl]methacrylamides from Schiff base salts: Useful building blocks for smart polymers' Alzahrani, A., Mirallai, S.I., Chalmers, B.A., McArdle, P., Aldabbagh, F. (2018) 'Synthesis of: N -[(dialkylamino)methyl]acrylamides and N -[(dialkylamino)methyl]methacrylamides from Schiff base salts: Useful building blocks for smart polymers'. Organic And Biomolecular Chemistry, 16 (22):4108-4116 [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Anti-Cancer Activity of Phenyl and Pyrid-2-yl 1,3-Substituted Benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones and Stable Free Radical Precursors' Keane, LAJ;Mirallai, SI;Sweeney, M;Carty, MP;Zissimou, GA;Berezin, AA;Koutentis, PA;Aldabbagh, F (2018) 'Anti-Cancer Activity of Phenyl and Pyrid-2-yl 1,3-Substituted Benzo[1,2,4]triazin-7-ones and Stable Free Radical Precursors'. Molecules, 23 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Preparation of Blatter Radicals via Aza-Wittig Chemistry: The Reaction of N-Aryliminophosphoranes with 1-(Het)aroyl-2-aryldiazenes' Savva AC;Mirallai SI;Zissimou GA;Berezin AA;Demetriades M;Kourtellaris A;Constantinides CP;Nicolaides C;Trypiniotis T;Koutentis PA; (2017) 'Preparation of Blatter Radicals via Aza-Wittig Chemistry: The Reaction of N-Aryliminophosphoranes with 1-(Het)aroyl-2-aryldiazenes'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 82 (14) [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'The Conversion of 4-Anilinoquinazoline- and 3-Aryl-4-imino-3,4-dihydro-quinazoline-2-carbonitriles into Benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline-6-carbonitriles via Oxidative and Nonoxidative C-N Couplings' Mirallai SI;Koutentis PA; (2015) 'The Conversion of 4-Anilinoquinazoline- and 3-Aryl-4-imino-3,4-dihydro-quinazoline-2-carbonitriles into Benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline-6-carbonitriles via Oxidative and Nonoxidative C-N Couplings'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 80 (16) [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'The reaction of 2-amino-N '-arylbenzamidines with tetracyanoethene reinvestigated: routes to imidazoles, quinazolines and quinolino[2 ',3 ':4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline-8-carbonitrile' Mirallai, SI;Manoli, M;Koutentis, PA (2015) 'The reaction of 2-amino-N '-arylbenzamidines with tetracyanoethene reinvestigated: routes to imidazoles, quinazolines and quinolino[2 ',3 ':4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]quinazoline-8-carbonitrile'. Tetrahedron, 71 :8766-8780 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'One-step conversion of 2-amino-N'-arylbenzamidines into 3-aryl-4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-2-carbonitriles using 4,5-dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium chloride' Mirallai SI;Manos MJ;Koutentis PA; (2013) 'One-step conversion of 2-amino-N'-arylbenzamidines into 3-aryl-4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazoline-2-carbonitriles using 4,5-dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium chloride'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 78 (19) [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Reactions of tetracyanoethylene with N'-arylbenzamidines: a route to 2-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]quinoline-9-carbonitriles' Mirallai SI;Manoli M;Koutentis PA; (2013) 'Reactions of tetracyanoethylene with N'-arylbenzamidines: a route to 2-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]quinoline-9-carbonitriles'. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 78 (17) [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Synthesis and properties of imidazolo-fused benzotriazinyl radicals' Berezin AA;Constantinides CP;Mirallai SI;Manoli M;Cao LL;Rawson JM;Koutentis PA; (2013) 'Synthesis and properties of imidazolo-fused benzotriazinyl radicals'. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 11 (39) [DOI] [Details]
	(2010)	'Reinvestigating the synthesis of N-arylbenzamidines from benzonitriles and anilines in the presence of AlCl3' Koutentis, PA;Mirallai, SI (2010) 'Reinvestigating the synthesis of N-arylbenzamidines from benzonitriles and anilines in the presence of AlCl3'. Tetrahedron, 66 :5134-5139 [DOI] [Details]