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Medicinal and Organic Chemist in Drug Discovery

Profile Summary

Medicinal chemist with strong background in synthetic organic Planning, coordinating, and supervising the synthesis of target molecules, interpretation of biological results and design new targets. Exploration of synthetic routes (batch and flow chemistry).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Natural Product Chemistry
• ☆ Flow Chemistry
• ☆ Green Chemistry
• ☆ Organometallic Chemistry
• ☆ Photochemistry
• ☆ Mechanochemistry
• ☆ Sonochemistry
• ☆ Peptide Synthesis
• ☆ Physical Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Hit-to-Lead & Lead Optimization
• ☆ Medicinal Chemistry
• ☆ Drug Design
• ☆ Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Research Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation

Work Experience

Lead scientist

Selvita

April 2022 - January 2024

Principal Scientist

Fidelta

May 2019 - April 2022

Senior Scientist

Fidelta

January 2017 - May 2019

Associate Scientist

Fidelta

February 2013 - September 2013

Associate Scientist

Galapagos

September 2011 - December 2012

Education

Chemistry PhD

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE

November 2013 - February 2017

Masters in Organic Chemistry

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

September 2009 - June 2011

Bachelors, Chemistry

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb

September 2006 - June 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stacey M. Southall, Joydeep Banerjee, Jason Brown, Kristina Butkovic, Andrew D. Cansfield, Julie E. Cansfield, Miles S. Congreve, Gabriella Cseke, Francesca Deflorian, Martina Petrovic Hunjadi, et al.(2022). Novel Macrocyclic Antagonists of the CGRP Receptor Part 2: Stereochemical Inversion Induces an Unprecedented Binding Mode . ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13. (11). p. 1776--1782. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Andrew D. Cansfield, Mark A. Ator, Joydeep Banerjee, Michael Bestwick, Andrea Bortolato, Giles A. Brown, Jason Brown, Kristina Butkovic, Julie E. Cansfield, John Christopher, et al.(2022). Novel Macrocyclic Antagonists of the Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor: Design, Realization, and Structural Characterization of Protein–Ligand Complexes . ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13. (6). p. 751--765. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Giovanna Zanella, Martina Petrovic, Dina Scarpi, Ernesto Giovanni Occhiato, Enrique Gomez Bengoa(2020). Pentannulation of N-heterocycles by a tandem gold-catalyzed [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of propargyl ester derivatives: a computational study on the crucial role of the nitrogen atom . Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 16. p. 3059--3068. Beilstein Institut

Antonia Rinaldi, Martina Petrović, Stefano Magnolfi, Dina Scarpi, Ernesto Giovanni Occhiato(2018). Pentannulation Reaction by Tandem Gold(I)-Catalyzed Propargyl Claisen Rearrangement/Nazarov Cyclization of Enynyl Vinyl Ethers . Organic Letters. 20. (15). p. 4713--4717. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Martina Petrović, Dina Scarpi, Martin Nieger, Nicole Jung, Ernesto G. Occhiato, Stefan Braese(2017). Oxidation of diazenyl-protected N-heterocycles – a new entry to functionalized lactams . RSC Advances. 7. (16). p. 9461--9464. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Dina Scarpi, Martina Petrović, B&#233;la Fiser, Enrique G&#243;mez-Bengoa, Ernesto G. Occhiato(2016). Construction of Cyclopenta[<i>b</i>]indol-1-ones by a Tandem Gold(I)-Catalyzed Rearrangement/Nazarov Reaction and Application to the Synthesis of Bruceolline H . Organic Letters. 18. (15). p. 3922--3925. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Martina Petrović, Ernesto G. Occhiato(2016). Pentannulation of Heterocycles by Virtue of Precious Metal Catalysis . Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 11. (5). p. 642--659. Wiley

Martina Petrović, Dina Scarpi, B&#233;la Fiser, Enrique G&#243;mez-Bengoa, Ernesto G. Occhiato(2015). Annulated N-Heterocycles by Tandem Gold(I)-Catalyzed [3,3]-Rearrangement/Nazarov Reaction of Propargylic Ester Derivatives: an Experimental and Computational Study . European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2015. (18). p. 3943--3956. Wiley

Lorenzo Sernissi, Martina Petrović, Dina Scarpi, Antonio Guarna, Andrea Trabocchi, Francesca Bianchini, Ernesto G. Occhiato(2014). Cyclopropane Pipecolic Acids as Templates for Linear and Cyclic Peptidomimetics: Application in the Synthesis of an Arg‐Gly‐Asp (RGD)‐Containing Peptide as an α_vβ₃ Integrin Ligand . Chemistry – A European Journal. 20. (35). p. 11187--11203. Wiley

Tatjana Gazivoda Kraljević, Martina Petrović, Svjetlana Krištafor, Damjan Makuc, Janez Plavec, Tobias L. Ross, Simon M. Ametamey, Silvana Raić-Malić(2011). Methoxymethyl (MOM) Group Nitrogen Protection of Pyrimidines Bearing C-6 Acyclic Side-Chains . Molecules. 16. (6). p. 5113--5129. {MDPI} {AG}