Oksana M.  Kolomitsyna

Research Fellow

Phone. 218-720-4394
Fax. 218-720-4329
E-mail: okolomit@nrri.umn.edu

Education

6/1995 MS in Chemistry, with a major of Organic Chemistry. Graduated from National Technical University of Ukraine (Kiev Polytechnic Institute), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (1989-1995).

Employment

2003- present, Research Fellow, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

1997- 2003, Research Specialist, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth

1995-1997, Chemist Engineer, Station of Water Purification and Preparation, Ukraine

Research Interests

• Synthetic organic chemistry.
• Chemistry of natural products (terpenes and fatty acids). The development of new routes of natural products
• Production from natural sources for the purpose of using them as starting materials for organic syntheses.
• Process development of natural products production.
• Chemical modification of natural products for biological tests.
• Synthesis of drugs and drug intermediates base on a triterpenes.

Patents

1. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Methods of Manufacturing Bioactive 3-Esters of Betulinic Aldehyde and Betulinic Acid. United States Patent Application 20090023698, January 22, 2009.
2. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytro A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent 7,410,958, August 12, 2008.
3. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytre A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent Application 20070259842, November 8, 2007.
4. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytre A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent Application 20070259839, November 8, 2007.
5. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytre A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent Application 20070244081, October 18, 2007.
6. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Kolomitsyn, Igor V.; Holy, Jon M.; Perkins, Edward Leon; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Therapeutic Triterpenoids. International Patent Application WO/2007/121352, October 25, 2007.
7. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytro A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent 7,199,114, April 3, 2007.
8. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Methods of Manufacturing Bioactive 3-Esters of Betulinic Aldehyde and Betulinic Acid. International Patent Application WO/2006/105356, October 5, 2006.
9. Krasutsky, Pavel, A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana; Krasutskyy, Dmytro, A.; Kacharov, Oleksiy, D.; Kolomitsyn, Igor, V. Method for Obtaining Natural Products from Plant Material. International Patent Application WO/2005/047304, May 26, 2005.
10. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytro A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. United States Patent Application 20050059642, March 17, 2005.
11. Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Avilov, Dmytro; Sergeeva, Tatiana; Krasutskyy, Dmytro A.; Kolomitsyna, Oksana. Triterpene Quaternary Salts as Biologicaly Active Surfactants. International Patent Application WO/2003/062260, July 31, 2003.

Presentations

• 2006, “Triterpenes and Their Derivatives against Bacillus anthracis and Staphylococcus aureus” with co-authors D.Missiakas and O.Schneewind (from University of Chicago, Department of Microbiology), D.Krasutskyy, P.Krasutsky at the GLRCE 4th Annual Meeting on December 1 in Hilton Head Island, SC. Award for the best presentation.
• 1995 Diploma Dissertation: "The project of industrial manufacture of medication "Diphenine" with the planned capacity 1 ton per year."

Languages

Fluent Russian, Ukrainian and English.