Nina Berova

For the Bessarabian-Bulgarian physician, see Nina Berova-Orahovac.
Nina Berova
Nina Berova speaks at the Scuola Normale Superiore in 2012
Alma materUniversity of Sofia
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Ruhr University Bochum
AwardsChirality Medal
Scientific career
InstitutionsColumbia University
University of Sofia

Nina D. Berova is a Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. She is recognised as a world leader in stereochemistry and chiroptical spectroscopy. Her contributions include the development of porphyrin tweezers. She was the 2007 winner of the Società Chimica Italiana Chirality Medal.

Early life and education

Berova earned her PhD at the University of Sofia in 1972.[1] She stayed working for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for her early career.[2] During this time she worked on chiroptical spectroscopy at Ruhr University Bochum, where she worked under the supervision of Günther Snatzke.

Research and career

She was made an Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry at Sofia University in 1982, and made a visiting professor at Columbia University in 1988.[1] Soon after she became a Research Professor at Columbia University, working with Koji Nakanishi on chiroptical spectroscopy of natural products.[2] Their work started with the examination of biopolymers using exciton chirality, including pectin classification and the determination of glycosidic bonds.[3]

Berova was the first and only woman to win the Chirality Medal.[4] Berova's citation reads "in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the field of chiroptical spectroscopy and the elucidation of a wide range of important chemical and biological problems related to molecular and supramolecular chirality".[4] She has delivered short courses on chrioptical spectroscopies included Optical Rotatory Dispersion, Circular Dichroism and Raman Optical Activity.[5] She was elected an honorary member of the Italian Chemical Society at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa in 2012.[2]

Selected publications

Her publications include;

  • Berova, Nina (2000). Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications. Wiley. ISBN 9780471330035.
  • Berova, Nina (2012). Comprehensive Chiroptical Spectroscopy. Wiley. ISBN 9780470641354.
  • Berova, Nina (2007). "Application of electronic circular dichroism in configurational and conformational analysis of organic compounds". Chemical Society Reviews. 36 (6): 914–31. doi:10.1039/b515476f. PMID 17534478.
  • Berova, Nina (1993). "Physicochemical characterization of a ouabain isomer isolated from bovine hypothalamus". PNAS. 90 (17): 8189–8193. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.8189T. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.17.8189. PMC 47314. PMID 8396262.

Berova has been Editor of the journal Chirality since 1998.[6]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include;

References

Scholia has a profile for Nina Berova (Q66840150).
  1. ^ a b Berova, Nina; Bari, Lorenzo Di; Pescitelli, Gennaro (7 July 2014). "Application of electronic circular dichroism in the study of supramolecular systems". Chemical Society Reviews. 43 (15): 5211–5233. doi:10.1039/C4CS00104D. ISSN 1460-4744. PMID 24825540.
  2. ^ a b c d Nina Berova - 8 novembre 2012, 8 November 2012, retrieved 28 August 2019
  3. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#9015531 - U.S.-Bulgaria Research on Biopolymers Using The Exciton Chirality Method". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Nina Berova — Winner of 2007 Chirality Medal". Chirality. 19 (6): 429. 2007. doi:10.1002/chir.20415. ISSN 1520-636X. PMID 17431879.
  5. ^ "Short Courses". chirality2016.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Chirality". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1520-636X. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology. Elsevier. 5 March 2010. ISBN 9780080453828.
  8. ^ "Chemistry Announcements, Nina Berova Honored with Chirality Special Issue". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ^ Matile, Stefan; Canary, James; Harada, Nobuyuki; Caldwell, John (2008). "Special Issue Honoring Professor Nina Berova". Chirality. 20 (3–4): 249–250. doi:10.1002/chir.20497. ISSN 1520-636X.
  10. ^ "Nina Berova premiada por toda unha vida dedicada á ciencia". Universidade de Vigo (in Galician). Retrieved 28 August 2019.