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Irena Mamajanov

Irena Mamajanov
Affiliation and department:
Research field  (1): Biogeoscience
Research keywords  (6): Biomimetics ,  Messy Chemistry ,  Hyperbranched Polymers ,  Protoenzyme ,  Systems Chemistry ,  Origins of Life
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (2):
  • 2021 - 2024 Origin of Enzymes: Study of Hyperbranched Polymer Scaffolded Nanoparticles
  • 2017 - 2021 Origin of Enzymes: Function and Structure of Hyperbranched Polymers
Papers (23):
  • Rehana Afrin, Chen Chen, Davide Sarpa, Mahendran Sithamparam, Ruiqin Yi, Chaitanya Giri, Irena Mamajanov, H. James Cleaves, Kuhan Chandru, Tony Z. Jia. The Effects of Dehydration Temperature and Monomer Chirality on Primitive Polyester Synthesis and Microdroplet Assembly. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2022. 2200235-2200235
  • Tony Z Jia, Po-Hsiang Wang, Tatsuya Niwa, Irena Mamajanov. Connecting primitive phase separation to biotechnology, synthetic biology, and engineering. Journal of Biosciences. 2021. 46. 3
  • Tony Z. Jia, Niraja V. Bapat, Ajay Verma, Irena Mamajanov, H. James Cleaves, Kuhan Chandru. Incorporation of Basic α-Hydroxy Acid Residues into Primitive Polyester Microdroplets for RNA Segregation. Biomacromolecules. 2021. 22. 4. 1484-1493
  • Tony Z. Jia, Melina Caudan, Irena Mamajanov. Origin of Species before Origin of Life: The Role of Speciation in Chemical Evolution. Life. 2021. 11. 2. 154-154
  • Kuhan Chandru, Tony Z. Jia, Irena Mamajanov, Niraja Bapat, H. James Cleaves. Prebiotic oligomerization and self-assembly of structurally diverse xenobiological monomers. Scientific Reports. 2020. 10. 1
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MISC (1):
  • Forsythe Jay, Petrov Anton, Millar William, Yu Sheng-Sheng, Mamajanov Irena, Krishnamurthy Ramanarayanan, Grover Martha, Hud Nicholas, Fernandez Facundo. Proto-Peptidomics: The first peptides in Darwin's warm little pond. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 2017. 253
Books (2):
  • DNA in Encyclopedia of Astrobiology
    Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
  • HCN polymer in Encyclopedia of Astrobiology
    Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Lectures and oral presentations  (6):
  • Structure and Function of Hyperbranched Polyesters: Implications for the Chemical Evolution.
    (American Chemical Society Asia-Pacific International Chapters Conference 2019)
  • From Messy Chemistry to the Origins of Life (keynote
    (Producing Conditions Conducive to Life, Lunar and Planetary Institute “First Billion Years” Conference Series 2019)
  • Messy Chemistry Approach to the Origins of Life.
    (Goldschmidt 2019 2019)
  • Functional Non-BioPolymers and Their Implications for the Origins of Life
    (GRC Origins of Life 2018)
  • Emergence of Life from Messy Chemistry
    (Abscicon 2017)
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Education (3):
  • 2002 - 2008 Brandeis University Chemistry PhD
  • 1994 - 1998 Hebrew University Chemistry BSc
  • Hebrew University Chemistry MSc
Work history (5):
  • 2016/01 - 現在 ELSI/Tokyo Institute of Technology Specially Appointed Professor
  • 2013/01 - 2015/12 Carnegie Institution for Science Research Fellow
  • 2013/01 - 2014/12 Georgia Institute of Technology Research Scientist
  • 2009/01 - 2012/12 Georgia Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2000/05 - 2002/01 Israeli Defence Forces
Awards (4):
  • 2016/01 - Simons Foundation SCOL Fellowship
  • 2000/05 - Hebrew University Teaching Excellence Award
  • 1999/05 - Hebrew University Teaching Excellence Award
  • 1996/05 - Hebrew University Cornucopia Honors Award for Academic Excellence
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