C.V.
Chérif F. Matta, HDR, PhD
Associate
Professor (
Honorary
Adjunct Professor (
LANGUAGES
PROFICIENCY (spoken and written): English, French, and Arabic.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
DEGREES
2009 Habilitation
to Direct Research (HDR)[*]
(Theoretical and Structural Chemistry)
Laboratory of
Crystallography, Magnetic Resonance, and Modelling (CRM2),
Université
Henri-Poincaré, Nancy Université-1 (France)
Advisor: Professor Claude Lecomte
2002 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
(Quantum and Computational Chemistry)
Department of
Chemistry
McMaster University
(Canada
Supervisor:
Professor Richard F. W. Bader
1987 Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Honors) (5
years)
Alexandria University (Egypt
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING
2004-2006 Izaak
Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellow
(Bio-Theoretical Chemistry)
Department
of Chemistry
Supervisor: Professor
Russell J. Boyd
2002-2004
Post Doctoral Fellow
(Computational Chemical Physics of Surfaces)
Department of Chemistry
Supervisor: Professor John C. Polanyi
GRADUATE DEGREE IN
MANAGEMENT
1994
Graduate Diploma in Health Services & Hospital
Administration (Two years)
Sadat Academy, National Institute for Higher
Management (Egypt
EMPLOYMENT
(Last Six Years Only –
Since 2003)
|
Dates |
Rank/Position |
Department |
Institution |
|
2009 (1 July) – |
Associate Professor |
Department of
Chemistry and Physics |
( |
|
2006 (1 July) – 2009 (30 June) |
Assistant Professor |
Department of
Chemistry and Physics |
Mount Saint Vincent University (Halifax, NS, Canada) |
|
1-31 May 2009 and 1 May – 31 July 2007 |
Invited Assistant Professor / Lecturer (Maître de conférences invité) |
Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Résonance Magnétique et Modélisations
(CRM2), UMR CNRS 7036. |
Université Henri Poincaré
Nancy Université-1, and Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (Nancy, France) |
|
2006 (Aug.) – present |
Adjunct Professor |
Department of
Chemistry |
Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada) |
|
2004 (July) – 2005
(July) |
Adjunct Professor |
Department of
Chemistry |
McMaster University (Hamilton, ON, Canada) |
|
2004 (May) –2006
(Apr.) |
Killam Postdoctoral
Fellow |
Department of
Chemistry |
Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada) |
|
2002 (Jan.) – 2004
(Apr.) |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Department of
Chemistry |
University of Toronto (Toronto, ON, Canada) |
|
2003
(Sept.) –2004 (Apr.) |
Demonstrator |
Department
of Chemistry |
University of Toronto (Toronto,
ON, Canada) |
DISSEMINATION OF
RESEARCH RESULTS (1998 - 2010)
PUBLICATIONS
(List
of Publications Appended)
Total of 58 publications: 2 edited books, 2
theses (PhD and HDR), 37 published refereed journal papers, 8 chapters in books,
2 computer programs, 5 (non-refereed) long abstracts, 2 policy papers.
PRESENTATIONS
(List
of Presentations Appended)
Total of 74 presentations: 31 invited seminars, 8
invited talks at conferences, 10 contributed oral presentations at conferences,
22 poster presentations at conferences (three poster awards), 1 invitation as a
panelist, 2 invitation as “guest speaker” in university courses.
PRIZES, AWARDS, HONORS
·
Molecular Graphics and
Molecular Simulation Society (MGMS) Silver Jubilee Prize for 2009.
·
John Charles Polanyi
Prize in Chemistry for 2004.
Prize
awarded each year by the Government of Ontario to “exceptional young researchers” (Certificate and cash prize of
$15,000 at the time, now $20,000).
·
Izaak Walton Killam
Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Chemistry), 2004-2006.
A highly
competitive PD fellowship in Canada.
·
BioVision-Next Science
Fellowship
“Bio-Leaders of Tomorrow” for 2005 and 2003.
“Fellowship awarded
to 100 of the brightest and most promising PhDs and MBAs from all Universities
worldwide”
by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) and The World Biological Forum.
·
University
of Toronto Chemistry Teaching Fellowship
Award for 2003-2004.
Teaching award for significant contributions to
curriculum development by introducing molecular modelling into the 4th
year
biological chemistry course (CHEM447H) taught at the
·
International
Union of Crystallography Young Scientist
Travel Awards (2004, 2001).
·
Finalist
for the Schrödinger Prize of 2001. (American Chemical Society, Computational
Chemistry Division; and the Chemical Computing Group, Inc.)
·
Chemistry
Department's Nominee for the Distinguished Thesis Award (2003). (School of
Graduate Studies, McMaster University).
·
Finalists
for the “Dean of Science Award for Academic Excellence in Graduate Work”
(2001). (School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University).
·
Winner
of a Centennial Scholarship (2001).
(School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University).
OTHER INDICATORS OF
IMPACT
·
923 literature citations, according to the ISI.[†]
·
h-index = 18, i.e., 18 publications are cited at least 18 times.†
·
35 Invited seminars and conference presentations in the past
three years
since appointment as an Assistant Professor on 1 July 2006 in universities and
national research centers in Croatia,
Egypt, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and USA, in addition to several provinces in
Canada. (Details in the appended list
of presentations).
·
Exceptional early promotion
to the rank of Associate Professor on 1 July 2009 from the rank of Assistant
Professor after three years (instead of five years) of initial academic
appointment at Mount Saint Vincent University.
·
Winner of a competitive “Time Release Award”
for 2009, 2007, and 2006: Mount Saint Vincent University. This award enables
the awardee to spend more time on research by reducing her/his teaching load.
·
The
paper: Arabi, A. A.; Matta, C. F. (2009) J.
Phys. Chem. A 113 3360-3368, was
listed among the “Most Accessed Articles” for April and May 2009.
·
The first and second poster prizes of the 5th
European Charge Density Meeting (2008) each consisted of a copy of the
book:
Matta,
C. F. and Boyd, R. J. (Eds.) (2007). "The
Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules: From Solid State to DNA and Drug Design",
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.
·
Invited
speaker at the Gordon Research Conference on Electron Density and
Chemical Bonding (2007).
·
The
paper: Matta, C. F.; Bader, R. F. W. (2006) J.
Phys. Chem. A 110, 6365-6371,
was the “Third Most Frequently Accessed Article” for the year 2006.
·
The
paper: Matta, C.F. and Bader, R.F.W. (2003) Proteins
Struct. Funct. Genet. 52, 360-399, was ranked "Exceptional” by
the Faculty of 1000 - Biology Reports
Ltd. in September 2003.
·
Listed
among developers of "important aromaticity criteria and key developments",
in: Paul von Ragué Schleyer et al., Chemical Reviews 105 (2005), 3842-3888
(Table 2).
·
The
paper: Matta, C.F. (2001). J. Phys. Chem. A 105, 11088-11101, is highlighted as part
of the Cover Story of Chemical and
Engineering News, Vol. 79 (41), 8 October 2001: pp.39-44.
RESEARCH FUNDING AND GRANTS
(Total of Can. $447,581 since 2004)
EXTERNAL
GRANT AND MONETARY AWARDS
|
Amount |
Date(s) |
Type/Description
of Award |
Granting
Organization/Institution |
|
$262,421 |
2008 |
Leaders Opportunity
Fund (Strategic
infrastructure) |
Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI) |
|
$64,500 |
2007-2010 |
Discovery Grant (Operating grant) |
Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
|
$15,000 |
2004 |
Polanyi Prize for “exceptional”
early-career scholarship in Chemistry |
Council of Ontario
Universities / The Government of Ontario, Canada |
|
$80,000 |
2004-2006 |
I. W. Killam Stipend |
The Killam Trusts |
|
$3,000 |
2004 |
Killam Research Grant |
The Killam Trusts |
|
TOTAL $424,921 |
|
|
|
INTERNAL (MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY) GRANT AWARDS
|
Amount |
Date(s) |
Type/Description
of MSVU Award |
|
$1,600 |
2009 |
Travel Grant
(Symposium Organizer in the 92nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
CSC 2009). |
|
$6,660 |
2008 |
Internal Research
Grant |
|
$1,600 |
2008 |
Travel Grant (Speaker
at the 8th Girona Seminar on Aromaticity) |
|
$500 |
2008 |
Aid to Scholarly Publication(for
my book “Quantum Biochemistry” |
|
$10,500 |
2007 |
Internal Research
Grant |
|
$1,800 |
2007 |
Travel Grant (Speaker
at the Gordon Research Conference on Electron Density and Chemical bonding) |
|
TOTAL $22,660 |
|
|
REFEREEING AND
PEER-REVIEWING
·
Referee for Royal
Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK (ReSourCe ID # 218763), since 2006.
·
Referee for:
Ø
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK (EPSRC) (2009, 2007)
Ø
Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) (2007)
Ø The
Levrhulme Trust, UK (Referee No.
92785), (2004).
·
Frequent Reviewer Reviewer/Referee (typically 1-5
review requests/month) including (non-exhaustive listing): J. Phys. Chem. (A and B),
Phys.
Chem. Chem. Phys. (PCCP), Chem.Phys. Lett., Chem. Phys., J. Mol. Struct., J. Mol. Struct.: THEOCHEM,
J.
Chem. Edu., Can. J. Chem., Int. J. Quantum Chem., J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Org. Chem., J. Chem.
Theor. Comput., J. Comput. Chem., and Acta Cryst. B.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
·
Member of the Editorial Board: Future Medicinal Chemistry (since 2008).
·
Member of the Editorial Board: Current Physical Chemistry (since 2009).
·
Member
of the Academic Review Board: International
Journal of Computational Science (since 2007).
·
Member
of the Editorial Board: International Journal
of Applied Chemistry (since 2005).
ORGANIZING CONFERENCES
AND SYMPOSIA
·
Co-Organizer (with Prof. Paul Ayers) of: Symposium on Atoms in Molecules, 92nd
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition CSC 2009, (30 May 30 – 3 June
2009), Hamilton, ON, Canada.
·
Co-organizer (with Prof. Richard F. W. Bader) of a Symposium on Static and Dynamic Aspects of
Charge Density, 5th European Charge Density Meeting, June
6-11 2008, Gravedona, Italy.
·
Organizer, Symposium
on Bio-Computational Chemistry, 90th Canadian Chemistry Conference and
Exhibition CSC2007, May 26 - 30, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
·
Member of the Organizing Committee of the Symposium on the Occasion of the 65th
Birthday of Prof. Richard Bader: Burlington, ON, Canada (18-20 Oct.
1996).
TEACHING IN THE CAPACITY
OF PROFESSOR/INSTRUCTOR[‡]
(Since the Fall Semester
of 2004 only)
MOUNT
SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY (Fall of 2006 - present)
Introductory Quantum
Chemistry / Modern Physics (CHEM 3301/PHYS 2301), Chemical Thermodynamics (CHEM
2301), Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (CHEM 2302), Waves and Optics (PHYS
2210), Electricity and Magnetism (PHYS2200), Directed Study in Chemistry (CHEM
3012), Introductory Biochemistry (CHEM 3501/BIOL 3501), and Intermediary
Metabolism (CHEM 3502/BIOL 3502).
McMASTER
UNIVERSITY (Fall of 2004)
Graduate Module on
Computational Chemistry (CHEM 705)
SUPERVISION
·
Hugo Bohorquez (since 2007), PhD Candidate,
co-supervised with Professor Russell J. Boyd.
·
Alya A. Arabi (since 2008), PhD Candidate,
co-supervised with Professor Axel D. Becke.
·
Alya A. Arabi, Honors Thesis, successfully defended
in 2008.
At the present the members of the Matta research group include two
graduate (PhD) students, and three undergraduate students. The group also hosts
a Visiting Professor for the year 2009-2010, Professor Anna Gubskaya.
SERVICE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
|
Dates
month/year |
Role |
Committee or Department |
Institution |
|
01/2009 – present |
Science representative |
Committee on Research and
Publication (CRP) |
Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
01/2009 – present |
Member |
Joint Saint Mary’s
University - MSVU Animal Care Committee |
Saint Mary’s University and Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
07/2006 – 07/2009 |
Member |
Joint Occupational
Health and Safety Committee |
Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
07/2007 – present |
Library Representative |
Department of Chemistry and Physics |
Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
10/2006 |
Member |
Faculty Re-Appointment
Committee, Dept. of Chemistry |
Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
10/2007 |
Member |
Departmental Review
Committee (Promotion and Tenure) |
Mount Saint Vincent university |
|
2000-2001 |
Graduate student
representative |
Board of Governors |
McMaster University |
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP
·
Sigma Xi, The Scientific
Research Society (since
2005)
·
American Chemical
Society
(ACS) since 2001
·
The Chemical Institute
of Canada
(CIC) since 2003
·
Canadian Society for
Chemistry
(CSC) since 2003.
TV PROGRAMMING
TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SCIENCE
TV Host in the Mount Saint Vincent distance learning
“Conversation with Faculty”: I act as a TV host for
30 minutes interviews to introduce students as well as the general educated
public in Nova Scotia to advanced science topics. In the past academic year I
co-organized (with Chris Beckett) two programs. In the 2008/2009 academic year,
I was the host/interviewer in the following programs:
1. A conversation with Professor Lou Massa
(City University of New York) entitled “Quantum
Crystallography”. (Produced in October 2008 and aired for the full month of
November 2008 several times – every 5 hours on weekends - on TV Channel 33).
2. A conversation with Professor Russell J.
Boyd (Dalhousie University) entitled “Computational Chemistry”. (Aired in the fall of 2009).
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
·
Member (since 2007) and Vice Chair (since 2009) of
the Board of Trustees of Dalhousie Legal
Aid Services
(DLAS), Halifax, NS, Canada.
(An organization that provides legal services for low income residents of
Halifax (Feb. 2007 - present).
·
Member of Environmental Workgroup of the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)
(2002 - 2004). (Drafted two official position papers on cell phones).
Publications
(With Total ISI-Web of
Knowledge Citation Counts as of 4 September 2009)[§]
BOOKS
1.
Matta,
C. F., (Ed.) (2010), Quantum
Biochemistry:Electronic Structure and Biological Activity, Wiley-VCH,
Weinheim, in press. (Expected size: Two volumes, 34 Chapters, ca. 1,000 pages).3
2.
Matta,
C. F. and Boyd, R. J., Eds. (2007), The
Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules: From Solid State to DNA and Drug Design,
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, (567 pages).3 Cited 54 times
THESES
3.
Matta
C. F. (2009), The Response of
Molecular Charge Density Distributions to Changes in the External Potential,
HDR Dissertation (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), Université Henri
Poincaré (Nancy-1), Nancy, France (223 pages).
4.
Matta,
C. F. (2002), Applications of the
Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules to Chemical and Biochemical Problems, PhD Thesis, McMaster University,
Hamilton, Canada. (323 pages). Cited
4 times
BOOK
CHAPTERS
5.
Matta,
C. F. (2010) “Reflections on Quantum Biochemistry: From Context to Contents”
in: Matta, C. F. (Ed.) Quantum
Biochemistry: Electronic Structure and Biological Activity, Wiley-VCH,
Weinheim, in press
6.
Bohórquez,
H. J.; Cárdenas, C.; Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J.; Patarroyo, M. E. (2010)
“Methods in biocomputational chemistry: A lesson from the amino acids”, Chapter
13 in: Matta, C.F. (Ed.) Quantum
Biochemistry: Electronic Structure and Biological Activity, Wiley-VCH,
Weinheim, in press.
7.
Matta,
C. F. (2010) “From atoms in amino acids to the genetic code and protein
stability, and backwards”, Chapter 14 in: Matta, C. F. (Ed.) Quantum Biochemistry: Electronic
Structure and Biological Activity, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, in press.
8.
Arabi,
A. A.; Matta, C. F. (2010) “Energy richness of ATP in terms of atomic energies:
A first step”, Chapter 15 in: Matta, C. F. (Ed.) Quantum Biochemistry: Electronic Structure and Biological Activity,
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, in press.
9.
10. Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J. (2007). “Introduction to the quantum theory of atoms in
molecules”, Chapter 1 in: Matta, C. F. and Boyd, R. J. (Eds.) Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules:
From Solid State to DNA and Drug Design, Wiley-VCH, pp.1-34.
11. Matta, C. F. (2006).
"Hydrogen¾hydrogen bonding: The non-electrostatic
limit of closed-shell interaction between two hydrogen atoms. A critical
review", Chapter 9 in: Grabowski S. (Ed.): Hydrogen Bonding - New Insight, (Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics Series), Springer, pp. 337-375. Cited 17
times
12. Matta
C. F. (2005) “Computational chemistry: A powerful and inexpensive tool for
basic and applied research in the life sciences”, Chapter 23 in: Serageldin,
13. Bader, R. F. W.; Matta, C. F.; and Martín, F. J. (2003). “Atoms in medicinal
chemistry”, in: Chapter 7 in: Alber, F. and Carloni, P. (Eds.) Medicinal Quantum Chemistry (Methods and Principles in Medicinal
Chemistry Series), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 201-232.
REFEREED ARTICLES/PAPERS
(Accepted or Published only)
14. Matta, C. F.; Arabi, A.
A.; Weaver, D. F. (2010) “The bioisosteric similarity of the tetrazole and
carboxylate anions: Clues from the topologies of the electrostatic potential and
of the electron density”, European
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, accepted for publication, in the press.
15. Matta, C. F. (2010).
“How dependent are molecular and atomic properties on the electronic structure
method? Comparison of Hartree-Fock, DFT, and MP2 on a biologically-relevant set
of molecules”, Journal of
Computational Chemistry 30,
accepted for publication, in press.
16. Arabi, A. A.; Matta, C. F. (2009). “Where is electronic energy stored in an
adenosine triphosphate?”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113, 3360-3368.
17. Matta, C. F.; Arabi, A., Keith, T. A. (2007). “Atomic contributions to
the dissociation energy of the P-O(H) Bond in hydrogen phosphate anion (HPO42-):
Disentangling the effect of Mg2+”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A
111, 8864-8872. Cited 3
times
18. Taylor, A.; Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J. (2007). “The hydrated electron
as a pseudo-atom in cavity-bound water clusters”, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 3, 1054-1063. Cited 3 times
19. Hernández-Trujillo, J.; Matta C. F. (2007). “Hydrogen-hydrogen bonding in biphenyl
revisited”, Structural Chemistry
18, 849-857. Cited 2 times
20. Wolstenholme,
D.; Matta, C. F.; Cameron, T. S. (2007). “Experimental and theoretical charge
density study of a highly twisted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon:
4-Methyl-[4]helicene”, Journal of
Physical Chemistry A 111, 8803-8813. Cited 6 times
21. Matta, C. F., Castillo, N., Boyd, R. J. (2006). “Atomic contributions to
bond dissociation energies in aliphatic hydrocarbons”, Journal of Chemical Physics. 125, 204103-(1-13). Cited 6
times
22. Zhurova, E. A.; Matta, C. F.; Wu, N.; Chen, Y.-S.,
Pinkerton, A. A. (2006). “Experimental and theoretical electron density study of
estrone”, Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 128,
8849-8861. Cited
12 times
23. Bandrauk, A. D.; Sedik, E. S.; Matta, C. F. (2006). “Laser Control of
Reaction Paths in Ion-Molecule Reactions”, Molecular
Physics, 104, 95-102. Cited 2 times
24. Matta, C. F.; Castillo, N.; Boyd, R. J. (2006). “Extended weak bonding
interactions in DNA: pi-stacking (base-base), base-backbone, and
backbone-backbone interactions”, Journal
of Physical Chemistry B 110,
563-578. Cited 43 times
25. Matta, C. F.; Bader, R. F. W. (2006). “An experimentalist’s reply to ‘What is an atom
in a molecule?’ ”, Journal of Physical
Chemistry A. 110, 6365-6371.
Cited 23 times
26. Dobrin, S.; Harikumar, K. R.; Matta, C. F.; Polanyi, J. C. (2005). “An STM study of the
localized atomic reaction of 1,2 and 1,4-dibromoxylene at Si(111) 7x7”, Surface Science 580, 39-50. Cited 9 times
27. Matta, C. F.; Castillo, N.; Boyd, R. J. (2005). “Characterization of a
closed-shell fluorine-fluorine bonding interaction in aromatic compounds on the
basis of the electron density”, Journal
of Physical Chemistry A; 109,
3669-3681. Cited 20 times
28. Castillo, N.; Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J. (2005). “Fluorine-fluorine
spin-spin coupling constants: Correlations with the delocalization index and
with the internuclear separation”, Journal
of Chemical Information and Modeling; 45, 354-359. Cited 15
times
29. Castillo, N., Matta, C. F., Boyd, R. J. (2005). “The
first example of a cage critical point in a single ring: A novel twisted
α-helical ring topology”, Chemical
Physics Letters; 409,
265-269. Cited
9 times
30. Matta, C. F.; Polanyi, J. C. (2004). “Effect of adatom-to-adatom separation on the
reactivity of dihalobenzenes at Si(111)7x7 surfaces:
chemistry on a peg-board”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
of
31.
Bandrauk,
A. D.; Sedik, E. S.; Matta, C. F. (2004) “Effect of absolute laser phase on
reaction paths in laser-induced chemical reactions”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 121, 7764-7775. Cited
18 times
32. Bader, R. F. W.; Matta, C. F.; Cortés-Guzmán, F. (2004). “Where to draw the line
in defining a molecular structure”, Organometallics,
23, 6253-6263. Cited 43 times
33. Bader, R. F. W; Matta, C. F. (2004). “Atomic charges are measurable quantum
expectation values: A rebuttal of criticisms of QTAIM charges“, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, 8385-8394. Cited 35 times
34. Matta,
C. F.; Hernández-Trujillo,
J.; Tang, T.-H.; and Bader, R. F. W.
(2003). “Hydrogen-hydrogen bonding: a stabilizing interaction in molecules and
crystals”, Chemistry - A European
Journal 9, 1940-1951.
Cited 138 times
35. Matta, C. F. and
Hernández-Trujillo, J. (2003). “Bonding in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in
terms of the electron density and of the electron pair density”, Journal
of Physical Chemistry A 107, 7496-7504. Cited 46 times
36.
Wang,
Y.-G.; Matta, C. F.; Werstiuk, N. H. (2003). “Comparison of localization and
delocalization indices obtained with Hartree-Fock and conventional correlated
methods: Effect of Coulomb correlation”, Journal
of Computational Chemistry 24,
1720-1729. Cited 21 times
37. Matta,
C. F. and Bader, R. F. W. (2003). “Atoms-in-molecules study of the
genetically-encoded amino acids. III. Bond and atomic properties and their
correlations with experiment including mutation-induced changes in protein
stability and genetic coding”, Proteins:
Structure, Function, and Genetics 52,
360-399. Cited 29
times
38.
Matta,
C. F. (2003). “Application of the quantum theory of atoms in molecules to
selected physicochemical and biophysical problems: focus on correlation with
experiment”, Journal of Computational
Chemistry 24, 453-462. (Invited Review, Special Issue on Electron
Densities and Electrostatic Potentials).
Cited 9 times
39.
Matta,
C. F.; Cow, C. N.; and Harrison, P. H. M. (2003). “Twisted amides: x-ray
crystallographic and theoretical study of two acylated glycolurils with
aromatic substituents” Journal of Molecular Structure 660,
81-97. Cited 5 times
40. Matta,
C. F.; Hernández-Trujillo,
J.; and Bader, R. F. W. (2002). “Proton
spin-spin coupling and electron delocalization”, Journal of Physical Chemistry A 106, 7369-7375. Cited 21
times
41. Matta,
C. F. and Bader, R. F. W. (2002). “Atoms-in-molecules study of the genetically-
encoded amino acids. II. Computational study of molecular geometries”, Proteins: Structure, Function, and
Genetics 48, 519-538. Cited 24
times
42.
Matta,
C. F. and Gillespie, R. J. (2002). “Understanding and interpreting molecular
electron density distributions”, Journal
of Chemical Education 79,
1141-1152. Cited 22 times
43. Matta, C. F. (2001). “Theoretical reconstruction of the electron density of large
molecules from fragments determined as proper open quantum systems: The
properties of morphine, the oripavine PEO, and enkephalins”, The Journal
of Physical Chemistry A 105, 11088-11101. Cited 19 times
44. Bader, R. F. W. and Matta,
C. F. (2001). “Properties of atoms in crystals: dielectric polarization”, International Journal of Quantum
Chemistry 85, 592-607. Cited
18 times
45. Bader, R. F. W.; Matta, C. F. (2001). “Bonding to titanium”, Inorganic Chemistry 40,
5603-5611. Cited 48 times
46.
Duspara,
P. A.; Matta, C. F.; Jenkins, S.
47.
Gillespie, R. J. and Matta, C. F. (2001). “Teaching the
VSEPR model and electron densities”, Chemistry
Education: Research and Practice In Europe 2, 73-90.
48.
Matta, C. F. and Bader, R. F. W. (2000). “An
atoms-in-molecules study of the genetically-encoded amino acids. I. Effects of
conformation and of tautomerization on geometric, atomic, and bond properties”,
Proteins: Structure, Function, and
Genetics 40, 310-329. Cited 42
times
49. Matta,
C. F.; Cow, C. C., Sun, S.; Britten, J. F.; and Harrison, P. H. M. (2000).
“Twisted amides:
50. Sun,
S.; Britten, J. F.; Cow, C. C.; Matta, C. F.; and Harrison, P. H. M. (1998).
“The crystal structure of 3,4,7,8-tetramethylglycoluril”, Canadian Journal of Chemistry 76, 301-306. Cited
12 times
COMPUTER
PROGRAMS
Software Distributed by the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange (QCPE), Dept. of Chemistry,
51. Matta, C. F. (2001). QCPE 0801. FRAGDIP: Program to
calculate functional group contributions to the molecular dipole moment.
Cited 3 times
52. Matta, C. F. (2001). QCPE 0802. AIMDELOC: Program to calculate electron localization
and delocalization indices. Cited 16
times
EXTENDED ABSTRACTS (Non-refereed)
53. Matta, C. F.,
54. Feng,
X.; Matta, C. F.; Ban, F.; Stuart Grossert, J.; Weaver, D. F. (2006) “Electron
spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Studies on Interactions between Lithium and
Other Group 1 Cations with Biologically-Active Amines and Neurotransmitters”, 54th American Society for Mass
Spectrometry Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Seattle, Washington, USA.
55.
Matta
C. F., Boyd R. J., Castillo N. (2005) “An electron density study and the
characterization of extended weak bonding in DNA: pi-Stacking (base-base),
base-backbone, and backbone-backbone interactions”, Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences, 4 B,
(Advances in Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering), Brill
Academic Publishers, pp.1247-1250.
56. Jiang, G.-P.; Lu, X.;
Matta, C.F.; Naumkin, F.Y.; Petsalakis, I.; Polanyi, J.C.; Rajamma, H.; Rogers,
D.; Theodorakopoulos, G. and Yang, J. (2003) “Thermal, photoinduced and
electron-induced reaction of adsorbates on Si, followed by STM”, 226nd American Chemical Society
(ACS) National Meeting and
Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
57. Matta, C.F. (2001) “The
properties of morphine, the oripavine PET, and enkephalins theoretically
synthesized from fragments”, 222nd
American Chemical Society (ACS) National
Meeting and Exposition,
POLICY
PAPERS
58.
Matta,
C. F. and Brukhardt, S. (2005) “Cellular telephones: A risk to public health?”,
Canadian Public Health Association
(CPHA) Health Digest XXIX(1),
p.4. [**]
59.
Matta, C. F. and Brukhardt, S. (2003) “Health hazards of
cellular telephones: The myth and the reality”, Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) Position Paper 2003-02, pp.1-22.[††]
Presentations
(Oral, Poster, Seminars)
INVITED SEMINARS
1.
“Where
do Things Happen in Biological Molecules? Clues from the Topology of the
Electron Density”, The Rugjer Bošković Institute,
2.
“Where
do Things Happen in Biological Molecules? Clues from the Topology of the
Electron Density”, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (joint seminar
of the
3.
“Hydrogen-Hydrogen
Bonding: A Ubiquitous Non-Electrostatic Interaction between Hydrogen Atoms in
Molecules”, Departamento de Física y
Química Teórica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (UNAM), México D. F. 04510, México. (6 August 2008). (Host:
Jesús Hernández-Trujillo).
4.
Departamento de Quimica
Fisica y Analitica, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006-Oviedo, Spain. “A QTAIM Study of DNA Bases: Preliminary Results”. (11 July 2008). (Host:
Professor Angel Martin-Pendas).
5.
Department of Biophysics,
6.
Department of Biophysics,
7.
Department of Chemistry,
Saint Mary’s University “Bond Making and Breaking: From ATP to the
Active Site of the Ribosome”. (15 February 2008).
8.
Research and
International Office,
9.
Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
10.
Faculty of Phramacy,
11.
Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du & Centre national de la
recherche scientifique (CNRS), (Toulouse, France). La théorie quantique des
atomes dans les molécules de Bader (QTAIM) : les énergies atomiques et la
dissociation des liaisons chimiques (13 July 2007). (Host: Dr. Noël Lugan)
12.
Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Modelisation des Matériaux Minéraux et
Biologiques (LCM3B), Univérsité Henri Poincaré &
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), (Nancy, France). “Bond
Dissociation: Insight from the Theory of Atoms in Molecules” (22 June 2007).
(Host: Professor Claude Lecomte).
13.
LCM3B, Univérsité Henri Poincaré & Centre national de la recherche
scientifique (CNRS), (Nancy, France). “The Stabilizing Hydrogen-Hydrogen
Closed-Shell Interaction: Fiction or Reality?” (25 May 2007). (Host: Professor
Claude Lecomte).
14.
Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, QC,
Canada). "Bond
Dissociation: Insight from the Theory of Atoms in Molecules (2 May 2007).
(Host: Professor André Bandrauk).
15.
Faculty of Pharmacy,
16.
Department of Chemistry,
17.
Department of Chemistry
and Physics,
18.
Chemical Computing Group
(CCG), Inc. (
19.
Department of Bioscience
and Technology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research,
20.
Chemistry Department,
Faculty of Science,
21.
ArQule, Inc. (
22.
Chemistry Department, Université
de Sherbrooke (
23.
"Official Seminar,
Chemistry", Università di Milano
(Milan, Italy). "Some
Aspects of Bonding in Aromatic Hydrocarbons", (15 September 2003). (Host:
Dr. Carlo Gatti,
24.
Chemistry Department,
25.
Leslie Dan Faculty of
Pharmacy,
26.
Chemistry Department,
27.
Chemistry Department,
28.
Chemistry Department,
29.
30.
Chemistry Department,
31.
"Graduate
Seminar", Chemistry Department,
ORAL PRESENTATIONS IN
CONFERENCES
(The presenting author
is underlined)
INVITED
32.
Matta, C. F. Conference
keynote address: “From the Electron Density to Biological Activity: Recent
Examples”, Atlantic Computational Life
Sciences Challenges Workshop, organized by the National Research Council of
Canada (NRC)-Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada (14
November 2009).
33.
Matta, C. F. “Electron-Density Derived Descriptors in QSAR”,
Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Design
& Planning Methods, eCheminfo Workshop,
34.
Matta, C. F., Boyd,
R. J. “A QTAIM Study of DNA Bases”, The
VIII Girona Seminar on Aromaticity: Basics and Applications, The University of
35.
Massa, L.; Matta, C. F. “The Transition State for Formation
of the Peptide Bond in the Ribosome”, The
5th European Charge Density Meeting, Gravedona, Italy (6-11 June
2008). (This was presented as both a poster and an oral presentation in this
conference).
36.
Matta, C. F., “The
Energies of Atoms in Molecules and their Changes in Response to Bond
Dissociation and Conformational Change”;
Workshop on X-ray Spectroscopies,
37.
Matta C. F., “Some
Aspects of Aromaticity within the Framework of Theory of Atoms in Molecules”, Special Seminar to Celebnrate the 70th
Birthday of Professor Tadeusz Marek Krygowski, Department of Chemistry,
University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (9 Feb. 2008).
38.
Matta, C. F. "Bond
dissociation in biological molecules: Insight from the Theory of Atoms in
Molecules", Gordon Research
Conference (GRC) on Electron Distribution and Chemical Bonding: Dynamics and
Densities, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA (1-6 July, 2007).
39.
Boyd R. J., Matta C. F., Castillo
N. " The Characterization of Extended Weak Bonding in DNA: pi-Stacking
(Base-Base), Base-Backbone, and Backbone-Backbone Interactions"; International Conference of Computational
Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE 2005), Loutraki,
40.
Matta, C. F.
"Computational chemistry: A powerful and inexpensive tool for basic and
applied research in the life sciences"; BioVision 2004, The World Biological Forum's Annual Conference,
CONTRIBUTED
41.
Arabi, A. A.,
Matta, C. F. “Effect of External Electric Fields on Proton Transfer in the
Formic Acid Dimer”, 10th Atlantic Theoretical Chemistry Symposium
(ATCS), University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, New Brunswick (NB),
Canada (July 17-19, 2009).
42.
Matta, C. F.,
43.
Arabi, A. A., Matta,
C. F. “Atomic Partitioning of the Energy of Reaction: The Hydrolysis of a Fuel
Biological Molecule, Adenosine 5’-Triphosphate (ATP)”, 8th Atlantic Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (ATCS),
44.
Arabi, A. A., Matta,
C. F., “Atomic Partitioning of the Bond Dissociation Energy of First to third
row molecules”, Research Day, Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU),
Halifax, NS, Canada (August 2008)
45.
Arabi, A. A., Matta,
C. F., “The Role of Mg2+ in the Dissociation of High Energy
Phosphate Bonds”, Research Day,
46.
Matta, C. F.; Castillo, N.; Boyd, R. J. “An Atomic Basis for
Vibrationless Bond Dissociation Enthalpies in Hydrocarbons”, 89th Canadian Chemistry
Conference,
47.
Boyd R.J., Matta C.F., Pearson
J.K. "Computational Studies on Amino Acids and DNA Components", 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference (CSC
2005),
48.
Matta, C.F. “The Properties of PEO,
Enkephalins, and Morphine from Fragments” 222nd American Chemical Society National Meeting,
49.
Matta, C.F. "Theoretical synthesis of opioids from
fragments", 19th Annual Graduate
Students' Symposium, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York,
NY, USA (16-17 May 2001).
50.
P. H. M. Harrison, C. Cow, S. Sun, J. Britten, C. F. Matta “
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES
(The
presenting author is underlined)
1.
Arabi, A. A., Matta, C. F., Weaver, D. F. “Why is Tetrazole a
Satisfactory Bioisoster of Carboxylic Acid?”, 7th Canadian
Computational Chemistry Conference (CCCC 7),
2.
Arabi, A. A., Matta, C. F. “Where is Electronic Energy Released from
the Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of ATP?”, 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC
2009),
3.
Arabi, A. A., Matta, C. F. “Where is Electronic Energy Released from
the Gas-Phase Hydrolysis of ATP?”, 34th Annual APICS/CIC
Undergraduate Chemistry Conference,
4.
Matta, C. F., Arabi, A. A.; “Atomic Partitioning of the Energy of
Reaction: The Hydrolysis of Adenosine 5’-Triphosphate (ATP)”, The 5th European Charge Density
Meeting (ECDM5) in Conjunction with DFG 1178 Annual Meeting,
5.
Massa, L.; Matta, C. F. “The Transition State for Formation
of the Peptide Bond in the Ribosome”, The 5th
European Charge Density Meeting (ECDM5) in Conjunction with DFG 1178 Annual
Meeting, Gravedona, Italy
(6-11 June 2008). (This was presented as both a poster and an oral presentation).
6.
Zhurova, E.; Matta, C. F.; Wu, N.; Zhurov, V.; Pinkerton, A.
“Experimental and Theoretical Charge Density Study of Estrone”. The 2006 Annual Meeting of the American
Crystallographic Association (ACA
2006)
7.
Feng, X.; Matta, C. F.; Ban, F.; Stuart Grossert, J.; Weaver, D.
F. “Electron spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Studies on Interactions between
Lithium and Other Group 1 Cations with Biologically-Active Amines and Neurotransmitters”,
54th American Society for Mass
Spectrometry (ASMS) Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Seattle, Washington, USA (28
May – 1 June 2006).
8.
Taylor, A.; Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J. “An Atoms-In-Molecules Study
of the Solvated Electron””, 89th
Canadian Chemistry Conference,
9.
Castillo, N.; Matta, C. F.; Grabowski, S.; Boyd, R. J. “An Atomic
Basis for the Barrier to Rotation Around the Carbon-Carbon Single Bond
in1-fluoro-2-[(Z)-2-fluorovinyl]benzene”,
89th Canadian Chemistry Conference,
10.
Wolstenholme, D.J.; Matta, C.F.; Cameron, T.S.; “Experimental and
Theoretical Electron Density Study of a Highly Twisted Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon: 4-Methyl-[4] Helicene”; 23rd
European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-23),
11.
Bandrauk
A.D., E.-W. S. Sedik, Matta C.F. "Laser Control of Reaction Paths
in Laser-Induced Chemical and Ion Molecule Reactions", 10th International Conference on
Multiphoton Processes, Orford,
12.
Matta, C. F.; Boyd, R. J. “Effects of dimerization and ionization on
the electron density distributions of DNA bases”, Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Electron Distribution and Chemical
Bonding: The Chemical Bond: Densities and Dynamics, Mount Holyoke College, MA,
USA (4-9 July 2004).
13.
Bandrauk, A. D.; Sedik, E. W.; Matta C. F.;
“Effect of Laser Phase on Reaction Paths in Laser-Induced Chemical Reactions”; 15th Canadian Symposium on
Theoretical Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada (10-14
July 2004).
14.
Dobrin, S., Harikumar, R. K.; Matta, C.F.; Petsalakis, I. D;
Polanyi, J. C.; Theodorakopoulos, G. "Reactions of dibromo-benzenes and
dibromo-xylenes at Si(111) followed one molecule at a time"; Pre-American Physical Society Workshop on
Nanoscience and Nanostructured Materials, Institut National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada (19-20 March 2004). (Best Poster Award).
15.
Matta C. F., Polanyi, J. C. "Effect of adatom-to-adatom separation
on the reactivity of 1,4-dihalobenzenes in reactions on Si(111)7x7
surfaces", 5th Canadian
Computational Chemistry Conference(CCCC5-2003),
16.
Matta, C. F., Bader, R. F. W. “Atomic and group properties of the genetically-encoded
amino acids an their correlations to physicochemical and biological
properties”, Chemical Biophysics
Symposium 2002,
17.
Matta, C.F. "For the first time: The intimate properties of
morphine, PET, and enkephalin from fragments", Graduate Student Day,
18.
Matta, C.F. "For the first time: The properties of morphine,
PET, and enkephalin from fragments", Gordon
Research Conference (GRC) on Electron Distribution and Chemical Bonding,
19.
Matta C.F., Hernández-Trujillo, J.
"Aromaticity in polycyclic arenes as a manifestation of the delocalisation
of the Fermi hole", 14th Canadian
Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry,
20.
Hernández-Trujillo, J., Matta, C. F. “Aromaticity of polyarenes as a
manifestation of the delocalization of the Fermi hole”, XLIV National Physics Conference of México (XLIV Congreso Nacional de
Física),
21.
Bader, R.F.W., Matta, C.F. “Dielectric polarization”, 41st Sanibel Symposium: Quantum Theory
Project,
22.
Matta, C.F., Bader, R.F.W. “The theory of the scanning tunneling
microscope as the union of two proper open systems”, Surface Canada 2000: The 17th Canadian Conference on Surface
Science,
OTHER ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS
GUEST PANELIST
64.
One
of three guest panelists of the quarterly Toronto
Area Drug Discovery Discussions - TAD3 (a community for
drug-discovery chemists in Toronto) at a meeting on “Solubility”, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University
of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (30
Sept. 2003). (Hosts: Professor Lakshmi Kotra, Advanced Chemistry Development Inc. (ACD), and Affinuim Pharmaceutical Company).
GUEST LECTURER
65.
Quantum
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Course, Department
of Chemistry,
66.
Biological
Chemistry CHM447 (4th year), Department
of Chemistry,