Prof. Dr. Mo Hunsen
Kenyon
College, USA
Email:
[email protected]
Qualifications
2011 MBA (Strategy, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship), Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Mgmt.
2001 Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), Michigan State University
1994 M.S. (Chemistry), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
1989 B.S. (Chemistry with Minor in Physics), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Publications
(Selected)
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Tegegn, Getachew, Melaku, Yadessa, Aliye, Muhdin, Abebe, Abiy, Abdissa, Negera, Meresa, Asfaw, Degu, Sileshi, Hunsen, Mo, Hussein, Ahmed A. and Endale, Milkyas. "In vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, essential oil composition, and in silico molecular modeling analysis of secondary metabolites from roots of Verbascum sinaiticum," Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2023-0157
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Hadush Gebrehiwot, Yadessa Melaku, Muhdin Aliye, Urgessa Ensermu, Aman Dekebo, Milkyas Endale, Daniel Rentsch, and Mo Hunsen. “Antibacterial and Antioxidant Efficacies of Secondary Metabolites from the Roots of Cyphostemma adenocaule: A Combined In Vitro and In Silico Study,” Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/1679695
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Elvis Cudjoe, Mo Hunsen, Zhaojun Xue, Amanda Way, Elizabeth Barrios, Rebecca Olson, Michael Hore, Stuart Rowan. “Miscanthus Giganteus: A commercially viable sustainable source of cellulose nanocrystals,” Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 155, 230–241.
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Hunsen, Mo. “Greener oxidation of alcohols, glycosides and sulfides,” in "Green Technologies for the Environment," ACS Symposium Series, 2014, 6, 117-128.
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Hunsen,
Mo. “Functional polyesters and copolymers by a one-pot acetylation/oxidation of
Cellulose,” Chapter 18, in Materials, Chemicals and Energy from Forest Biomass,
ACS Symposium Series, 2007, Ch 16, pp 247-259.
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Hunsen,
Mo. “Pyridinium chlorochromate catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and
ketones,” Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46, 1651-1653.
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Hunsen,
Mo. “Carboxylic acids from primary alcohols and aldehydes by a Pyridinium
chlorochromate catalyzed oxidation,” Synthesis 2005, 2487-2490.(Highlighted on
CHEMINFORM).Featured on www.Organic-Chemistry.Org.
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Hunsen,
Mo. “Monosaccharide Cycles: A method to determine the general stereochemical
relationships of both D and L monosaccharides,” The Chemical Education Journal
2006, 9, No. 1.
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Hunsen,
Mo*; Long, David A.; D’Ardenne, Christopher R.; and Smith, Amanda L. “Mild one-pot preparation of glycosyl
bromides,” Carbohydr. Res. 2005, 340, 2670-2674. “A Top 25 most downloaded
Carbohydrate Research article.”
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Hunsen,
Mo. “Pyridinium fluorochromate catalyzed oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes,”
J. Fluor. Chem. 2005, 126, 1356-1360.
(Highlighted on CHEMINFORM).
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Temelkoff,
D. P.; Smith, C. R.; Kibler, D. A.; McKee, A.; Duncan, S.; Zeller, M.; Hunsen, M.; and Norris, P. “Application of
Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane in Staudinger-type N-Glycosyl Amide Synthesis,”
Carbohydr. Res. 2006, 341, 1645-56.
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Hunsen,
Mo*; Mitchell, Josh M.; Packer, Kyle T. “Hexafluoro-2-hydroxyisobutyric acid,”
in Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis. 2007, DOI:
10.1002/047084289X.m00733.
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Hunsen,
Mo*; Packer, Kyle T.; Mitchell, Josh M. “Methyl 2,2-diFluoro-2-Iodoacetate,” in
Encyclopedia of Reagents in Organic Synthesis. 2007, DOI:
10.1002/047084289X.m00734.
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Hunsen,
Mo; Azim, Abul; Mang, Harald; Wallner, Sabine R.; Ronkvist, Asa; Xie, Wenchun;
and Gross, Richard A. “Lactone ring-opening polymerization catalyzed by a
cutinase biocatalyst,” American Chemical Society Polymer Preprint 2006, 47 (2),
253.
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Azim,
Abul; Hunsen, Mo; Mang, Harald; Wallner, Sabine R.; Ronkvist, Asa; Xie,
Wenchun; and Gross, Richard A. “Cutinase: a new biocatalyst for polyester
synthesis via polycondensation reactions,” American Chemical Society Polymer
Preprint 2006, 47 (2), 226.
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Hunsen,
Mo. “1,2,3-Oxadiazines and 1,2,3-Thiadiazines.” In Comprehensive Heterocyclic
Chemistry III, AR Katritzky, CA Ramsden, EFV Scriven and RJK Taylor, Eds.;
Elsevier: Oxford, 2008; Vol. 9, pp 291 - 300.
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Hunsen,
Mo; Azim, Abul; Mang, Harald; Wallner, Sabine R.; Ronkvist, Asa; Xie, Wenchun;
and Gross, Richard A. “A Cutinase with Polyester Synthesis Activity,”
Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 148.
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Hunsen,
Mo; Azim, Abul; Mang, Harald; Wallner, Sabine R.; Ronkvist, Asa; Xie, Wenchun;
and Gross, Richard A. “Cutinase: A Powerful Biocatalyst for Polyester Synthesis
by Polycondensation of diols and diacids and ROP of lactones,” ACS Symposium
Series, 2008, Ch17, pp 263-274.
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Hunsen,
Mo; Azim, Abul; Xie, Wenchun; and Gross, Richard A. “Humicola insolens
Cutinase-Catalyzed Lactone Ring-Opening Polymerizations: Kinetics and
Mechanistic Studies,” Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 518-522.
PATENTS
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Hunsen, Mo; Way, Amanda; and Rowan, Stuart “Method for production of cellulose nanocrystals from Miscanthus x. Giganteus,” 2013. Provisional U.S. patent application (filed on 12/23/2013).
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Hunsen, Mo; Way, Amanda; and Rowan, Stuart “Method for production of cellulose nanocrystals from Miscanthus x. Giganteus and composites therefrom,” 2014. PCT International patent application (PCT Number: PCT/US2014/071366 filed on 12/19/2014).
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Hunsen, Mo; Way, Amanda; and Rowan, Stuart “Method for production of cellulose nanocrystals from Miscanthus x. Giganteus and composites therefrom,” 2018. (Patent No. US 10,000,578 B2, Date issued: June 19, 2018).
NOTE - The above technologies are licensed to Aloterra Advanced Materials LLC.
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