Research Interests

Experimental organic and bio-organic areas:

• Heterocyclic compounds.

• Stable nitrogen free radicals.

• Nitric oxide donors.

• Catalytic isomerizations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

• Homogeneous catalysis under acid conditions.

• Isotopically labeled compounds.

Theoretical chemistry areas and drug design:

• Chemical applications of graph theory.

• Valence isomers of annulenes and their derivatives.

• Topological indices.

• Molecular modeling and drug design.

• Carbon nets.

• Theoretical invariants for fullerenes.

• Theoretical studies of carbon nanotubes.      

Academic Background

• Diploma, Polytecnic University, Bucharest, Romania, 1953.

• Radiochemist, Polytecnic University, Bucharest, Romania, 1957.

• Ph.D., Polytecnic University, Bucharest, Romania, 1959.

Teaching

• Organic Chemistry

Publications

• 8 edited books

• 9 authored books.

• over 50 chapters in books edited by other authors.

• over 600 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.

• 28 patents, five of which are USA patents.

Alexandru T. Balaban

Marine Sciences

Texas A&M University at Galveston

balabana@tamug.edu

Phone: (409)741-4313

Fax: (409)741-4429