Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Ambroz Almássy, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Almássy
I.2 - Name
Ambroz
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr, PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Organic Chemistry, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
ambroz.almassy@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5729
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Organic Chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-8044

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Department of Organic Chemistry, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Department of Organic Chemistry, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Organic Chemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Post-doc Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary 2007-2008
Post-doc Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zaragoza and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Burgos, Spain 2008-2009
Post-doc Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary 2009-2010
Assistant Professor Department of Organic Chemistry, Comenius University, Bratislava 2010-2024

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Experimental Organic Chemistry 2 Chemistry, Biochemistry I. Chemistry
Organic Chemistry 2, seminar Chemistry I. Chemistry
Molecular Spectroscopy Chemistry I. Chemistry
I. Chemistry
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Intruduction to Bioorganic Chemistry Biology, Medicinal Biology I. Biology
Seminar on Organic Chemistry Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Natural Compounds Biology, medicinal biology, chemistry, biochemistry I. Chemistry, biochemistry, biology
Bioorganic Chemistry 1 Organic and bioorganic chemistry II. chemistry
Chemistry of Natural Products Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry II. Chemistry
Organic Chemistry 2 I. Biological Chemistry

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
39
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
283
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
102
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
283
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
102
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Novel Sulfonated N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) Complexes: Homogeneous Gold Catalysis for the Hydration of Terminal Alkynes in Aqueous Media. A. Almassy, C. E. Nagy, A. C. Benyei, F. Joo, Organometallics 2010, 29, 2484-2490. https://doi.org/10.1021/om1001292

2

Ferrocene phosphane-carbene ligands in Cu-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-additions of Grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Z. Csizmadiova, M. Meciarova, A. Almassy, B. Horvath, R. Sebesta, J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 737, 47-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.03.033

3

New [5]ferrocenophane diphosphine ligands for Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution. R. Sebesta, A. Almassy, I. Cisarova, S. Toma, Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2006, 17, 2531-2537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2006.09.011

4

Thiol-Free Synthesis of Oseltamivir and Its Analogues via Organocatalytic Michael Additions of Oxyacetaldehydes to 2-Acylaminonitroalkenes. J. Rehak, M. Hutka, A. Latika, H. Brath, A. Almassy, V. Hajzer, J. Durmis, S. Toma, R. Sebesta, Synthesis, 2012, 44, 15, 2424-2430. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1290396

5

Explanation of Different Regioselectivities in the ortho-Lithiation of Ferrocenyl(phenyl)methanamines. Almassy, A.; Skvorcova, A.; Horvath, B.; Bilcik, F.; Bariak, V.; Rakovsky, E.; Sebesta, R. Chem. Pap. 2013, 1, 111-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201201325

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Unusual Chemistry in an Uncatalyzed Bromate-Aniline Oscillator: Ring-Contraction Oxidation of Aniline with Pulsative CO2 Production. I. Valent, M. Pribus, F. Novak, S. Plankova, J. Blasko, R. Kubinec, A. Almassy, J. Filo, I. Sigmundova, T. Sebechlebska, T. B. Lawson, Z. Noszticzius, J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 9669-9681. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b07766

2

Assessing Basic Separatory Technique Skills in an Organic Experiment Based on an Incomplete Haloform Reaction. I. Kmentová, A. Almássy, L. Feriancová, M. Putala, J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 4, 1139–1144. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b01015

3

Isomerization of Ferrocenyl Phosphinites to Phosphane-oxides and retro-Phospha-Brook Rearrangement. A. Almássy, A. Hejtmánková, D. Vargová, R. Šebesta, 2021, 941, 121801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121801

4

Selectivity of N(2)-substituted oxotriazinoindole aldose reductase inhibitors is determined by the interaction pattern with Pro301-Arg312 loop of aldehyde reductase. L. Kováčiková, S. Gaikwad, K. Almášiová, A. Almássy, G. Addová, M. Májeková, G. Hanquet, V. Dobričić, A. Boháč, M. Štefek, Med Chem Res 2024, 33, 492–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4382808

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Organometallics 2010, 29, 2484: Li, F.; Wang, N. N.; Lu, L.; Zhu, G. J. Regioselective Hydration of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Neutral Gold(I) Complex [(IPr)AuCl] and One-Pot Synthesis of Optically Active Secondary Alcohols from Terminal Alkynes by the Combination of [(IPr)AuCl] and Cp*RhCl[(R,R)-TsDPEN]. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 7, 3538-3546.

2

Organometallics 2010, 29, 2484: Levin, E.; Ivry, E.; Diesendruck, C. E.; Lemcoff, N. G. Water in N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Assisted Catalysis. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 11, 4607-4692.

3

Chem. - Eur. J. 2015, 21, 13445: Korb, M.; Lang, H. The anionic Fries rearrangement: a convenient route to ortho-functionalized aromatics. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 10, 2829.

4

Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2006, 17, 2531: Ogasawara, M.; Arae, S.; Watanabe, S.; Nakajima, K.; Takahashi, T. Kinetic Resolution of Planar-Chiral Ferrocenylphosphine Derivatives by Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Closing Metathesis and Their Application in Asymmetric Catalysis. ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 2, 1308.

5

Synthesis 2012, 44, 12, 2424: Hayashi, Y. Time and Pot Economy in Total Synthesis. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 6, 1385.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

Synthesis of ferrocene derivatives via direct C-H activation; VEGA 1/0590/19

2

Development of novel type of drug candidates against life threatening health complications caused by diabetes mellitus; 2023-2025; APVV SK-FR-22-0017

3

In vitro estimation of pharmacokinetic properties and molecular modelling – an integrated approach to the development of more efficient ALR2 inhibitors as potential drugs to treat diabetic complications; 2022-2023; APVV SK-SRB-21-0047

4

Medicinal chemistry - an effective development of inhibitors of selected key biological targets connected with tumour progression; 2018-2021; VEGA1/0670/18

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of Academic Senate Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava 2014-2021
Member of the Organizing Committee 50th International Chemistry Olympiad 2017-2018

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts