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prof. RafaÅ‚ R. SiciÅ„ski

mail adress: rasici@chem.uw.edu.pl

phone: (+48) 22 5526252

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw

Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

 

Education

M.Sc., 1973, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Ph.D., 1979, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

D.Sc. – Habilitation, 1995, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Carrer and Employment

Depratment of Chemistry University of Warsaw

Department of Biochemistry

University of Wisconsin

Academic positions: 
 

student assistant                                 

graduate student                               

teaching-research assistant             

research associate (adiunkt)            

professor                                              

associate dean 

 

professor emeritus                                  

                                                              

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1973-1974                                 

1974-1978                               

1978-1979             

1979-2010            

2010-2021                                         
2005-2008
2014-2021

2021                                                                                

Academic positions:          

postdoctoral research associate to Professor H. F. DeLuca: 2/1982-1/1984, 6/1986-8/1986, 6/1988-8/1988, 9/1991-5/1993, 6/1994-8/1994, 7/1996-9/1996, 6/1997-7/1997 
visiting professor in Professor H. F. DeLuca laboratory: 9/98-8/2000, 6/2001-11/2001, 6/2002-10/2002, 6/2003-10/2003, 7/2005-8/2005              

Specjalization

Main field

Other fields:

Current research interest:

Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Steroid Chemistry

NMR, Photochemistry

(i) Synthesis and structure-activity studies in the vitamin D area

(ii) Photochemical and thermal rearrangements of dienes

(iii) Conformational studies of biologically active compounds

Publications

  • Number of papers in the refereed journals:                

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  • Number of patents:

  1. US                              

  2. European                   

  3. World (PCT)              

  • Number of communications at scientific meetings:  

  • Books (chapters):

  • Review article(s): 

72                

1106                                   

224                                               

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100                              

27                   

46              

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Publications cited more than 100 times:

  1. R. R. SiciÅ„ski, J. M. Prahl, C. M. Smith, H. F. DeLuca. New 1α,25-dihydroxy-19-norvitamin D3 compounds of high biological activity: synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-hydroxymethyl, 2-methyl and 2-methylene analogs. J. Med. Chem. 1998, 41, 4662-4674.
     

  2. K. L. Perlman, R. R. SiciÅ„ski, H. K. Schnoes, H. F. DeLuca. 1α,25-Dihydroxy-19-nor-vitamin D3,
    a novel vitamin D - related compound with potential therapeutic activity. Tetrahedron Lett. 1990, 31, 1823. 
     

  3. J. Song, M. Clagett-Dame, R. E. Peterson, M. E. Hahn, W. M. Westler, R. R. Siciński, H. F. DeLuca, A ligand for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor isolated from lung, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 2002, 99, 14694.

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