Stassi DiMaggio PhD

Stassi DiMaggio PhD

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Bio

Dr. DiMaggio received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Tulane University in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of New Orleans in 2003. Her dissertation research involved designing and synthesizing biologically active molecules based on natural products as well as natural product synthesis. She also enjoyed an appointment as a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005-2006) where she focused on synthesizing functionalized nanomaterials to be used in basic studies as potential drug delivery systems. She gladly joined the Xavier Chemistry Department in 2003 where she has been at home ever since and conducts research on drug delivery and gene delivery systems using modified nanomaterials. She maintains a position as a Visiting Scholar in the Chemistry Department at the U of M and is currently serving as Past Chair of the Local Section of the American Chemical Society, of which she has been an active member since 1998. She is also a member of the ACS Organic Division and the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium.

Research Interest

Targeted Drug Delivery
Non-viral gene delivery
Nanomaterial synthesis and characterization

Publications

Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Testing of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Targeted Using Folic Acid-Conjugated Dendrimers Kevin J. Landmark, Stassi DiMaggio, Jesse Ward, Stefan Vogt, Seungpyo Hong, Alina Kotlyar, James E. Penner-Hahn, James R. Baker, Jr., Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Bradford G. Orr, ACS Nano (2008), 2(4), 773-783.

Interactions of Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers with Survanta Lung Surfactant: The Importance of Lipid Domains. Erickson, Blake; DiMaggio, Stassi; Mullen, Douglas; Kelly, Christopher; Leroueil, Pascale; Berry, Stephanie; Baker, James; Orr, Bradford; Banaszak Holl, Mark. Langmuir (2008), 24(19), 11003-11008.

Cationic Nanoparticles Induce Nanoscale Disruption in Living Cell Plasma Membranes. Chen, Jiumei; Blunt, Jessica; Putchakayala, Krishna; Panama, Brian; Khan, Damian; Hong, Seungpyo; Mullen, Douglas; DiMaggio, Stassi; Som, Abhigyan; Tew, Greg; Lopatin, Anatoli; Baker, James; Orr, Bradford; Banaszak Holl, Mark. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2009), 113(32), 11179-11185.

Enantioselective Syntheses of Both Enantiomers of Noranabasamine. Miao, Lei; Di Maggio, Stassi C.; Shu, Hong; Trudell, Mark L. Organic Letters (2009), 11(7), 1579-1582.

Ir-Catalyzed N-Heterocyclization for Enantioselective Synthesis of Noranabasamine. Miao, Lei; Di Maggio, Stassi C.; Shu, Hong; Trudell, Mark L. Synfacts (2009), 7, 773.

Hydroxyarylketones via Ring-Opening of Lactones with Aryllithium Reagents: An Expedient Synthesis of (±)-Anabasamine. Miao, Lei; DiMaggio, Stassi C.; Trudell, Mark L. Synthesis, in press.

LCRC Faculty

Asim Abdel-Mageed DVM PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Tulane University School of Medicine
Suresh K. Alahari PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
LSU Health - New Orleans
Wayne L. Backes PhD
Tumor Biology
LSU Health - New Orleans
Victoria P. Belancio PhD
Genes & Environment
Tulane University School of Medicine
Earl "Nupsius" Benjamin-Robinson DrHSc CPH
Population Sciences
Louisiana Cancer Research Center
Tom Bishop PhD
Genes & Environment
Louisiana Tech University
David Blask MD PhD
Tumor Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Levon Bostanian PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Xavier University
J. Quincy Brown PhD
Therapeutics & Diagnostics
Tulane University School of Medicine