THE ALTY RESEARCH GROUP
at STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Publications prior to independent career
Dugan, A. E.*; Syangtan,D.*; Nonnecke, E. B.; Chorghade, R. S.; Peiffer, A. L.; Yao, J. J.; Ille-Bunn, J.; Sergio, D.; Pishchany, G.; Dhennezel, C.;
Vlamakis, H.; Bae, S.; Johnson, S.; Ellis, C.; Ghosh, S.; Alty, J. W.; Barnes, C. E.; Krupkin, M.; Cárcamo-Oyarce, G.; Ribbeck, K.; Xavier, R. J.; Bevins, C. L.; Kiessling, L. L. Intelectin-2 is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial lectin. Biorxiv 2025. [doi]
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Alty, J. W.; Barnes, C. E.; Nicoli, A.; Turner, B. S.; Beneman, E. A.; Dugan, A. E.; Brucks, S. D.; Kruger, A. G.; Schrock, R. R.; Ribbeck, K.; Kiessling, L. L. Synthetic Mucins as Glycan-Defined Prebiotics. ACS Central Science 2025, 11, 918–928. [doi]
Neidhart, E. K.; Pomatto, M. E.; Vasallo, C.; Crater, E. R.; Alty, J. W.; Angelopoulou, P. P.; Alexanian, E. J.; Kearney, L. T.; Moore, R. B.; Leibfarth, F. A. Blocky Selective Postpolymerization C–H Functionalization of Polyolefins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202507687. [doi]
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Barber, V. J.; Borden, M. A.; Alty, J. W.; Tran, L. D.; Koerner, H.; Baldwin, L. A.; Alexanian, E. J.; Leibfarth, F. A. Modifying Poly(caprolactone) Degradation through C–H Functionalization. Macromolecules 2023, 56, 3679–3686. [doi]
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Fakezas, T. J.; Alty, J. W.; Miller, A. S.; Neidhart, E. K.; Leibfarth, F. A.; Alexanian, E. J. Diversification of aliphatic C–H bonds in small molecules and polyolefins through radical chain transfer. Science 2022, 375, 545–550. [doi]
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Jehanno, C.; Alty, J. W.; Roosen, M.; De Meester, S.; Dove, A. P.; Chen, E. Y.-X.; Leibfarth, F. A.; Sardon, H. Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers. Nature 2022, 603, 803–814. [doi]
Williamson, J. B.; Na, C. G.; Johnson III, R. R.; Daniel, W. F. M.; Alexanian, E. J.; Leibfarth, F. A. Chemo- and Regioselective Functionalization of Isotactic Polypropylene: A Mechanistic and Structure–Property Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12815–12823. [doi]
Williamson, J. B.*; Lewis, S. E.*; Johnson, R. R.; Manning, I. M.; Leibfarth, F. A. C–H Functionalization of Commodity Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8654–8668. [doi]
Williamson, J. B.*; Czaplyski, W. L.*; Alexanian, E. J.; Leibfarth, F. A. Regioselective C–H Xanthylation as a Platform for Polyolefin Functionalization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6261-6265. [doi]
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Williamson, J. B.; Smith, E. R.; Scheerer, J. R. A Merged Aldol Condensation, Alkene Isomerization, Cycloaddition/Cycloreversion Sequence Employing Oxazinone Intermediates for the Synthesis of Substituted Pyridines. Syn. Lett. 2017, 28, 1170–1172. [doi]
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*indicates co-first authorship