Specialties

Ann M. Valentine

Professor
​Department Chair
Inorganic, Biological
Office: Beury 352
Phone: 215-204-7836
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Biography

1998-2001

1998

1993

Selected Awards
Postdoctoral researcher, Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. University of Virginia

American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award.  American Chemical Society PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award.  Paul D. Saltman Award for Metals in Biology. American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award.  Temple University Honors Professor of the Year.  Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.

Interests

​Our research in bioinorganic chemistry focuses on biologically relevant metals that are very sensitive to hydrolysis – mainly iron and titanium – and addresses how biology handles these difficult metals. Problems relate to metal uptake and transport, potential therapeutic applications thereof, and biomineralization.

Select Publications

Ti(IV) and the Siderophore Desferrioxamine B: A Tight Complex Has Biological and Environmental Implications
KE Jones, KL Batchler, C Zalouk, AM Valentine
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 1264-1272.

Contemplating a Role for Titanium in Organisms 
MR Zierden, AM Valentine
Metallomics 2016, 8, 9-16.
 
Titanium Mineralization in Ferritin: A Room Temperature Non-Photochemical Preparation and Biophysical Characterization
FF Amos, KE Cole, RL Meserole, JP Gaffney, AM Valentine
J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 18, 145-152.