Ronny Priefer, PhD
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
School
School of Pharmacy
Department
School of Pharmacy
Office Location
White 324
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.735.1119
Awards and Distinctions
- 2024 Faculty Scholarship of Integration Award, MCPHS
- 2023 Gail P. & Edward A. Bucher Trustees’ Award for Excellence in Student-Faculty Research Collaboration, MCPHS
- 2023 Leadership Awards Banquet-Student Choice Award, MCPHS
- 2022 Teacher of the Year, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS
- 2022 Leadership Awards Banquet-Student Choice Award, MCPHS
- 2021 Leadership Awards Banquet-Student Choice Award, MCPHS
- 2021 Leadership Awards Banquet-Collaboration Award, MCPHS
- 2021 Teacher of the Year, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS
- 2021 Faculty Preceptor Appreciation, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS
- 2018 Graduating Class Recognition Award, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, WNE
- 2017 University of Northern British Columbia, Alumnus of the Year for Professional Excellence
- 2017 Graduating Class Recognition Award, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, WNE
- 2017 Excellence in Service, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, WNE
- 2017 Top Award through the Valley Venture Mentor Program ($25,000)
- 2016 Excellence in Scholarship, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, WNE
- 2010 Excellence in Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences, Niagara University
- 2007 Professor of the Year Awardee, Multicultural and International Student Affairs, Niagara University
- 2006 Professor of the Year Awardee, Multicultural and International Student Affairs, Niagara University
- 2006 Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Niagara University
- 2003-2004 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Fellowship
- 2000 T. Sterry Hunt Award for excellence in laboratory teaching and demonstration, McGill University
- 1999 T. Sterry Hunt Award for excellence in laboratory teaching and demonstration, McGill University
Publications
115) Eliana B. Souto, Cristina Blanco-Llamero, Karolline Krambeck, Neelakanta Sarvashiva Kiran, Chandrashekar Yashaswini, Humzah Postwala, Patricia Severino, Ronny Priefer, Bhupendra Gopalbhai Prajapati, Rahul Maheshwari "Regulatory Insights into Nanomedicine and Gene Vaccine Innovation: Safety Assessment, Challenges, and Regulatory Perspectives" Acta Biomaterialia, 180, 1-17 2024.
114) Allison L. Zhang, David Priefer, Ronny Priefer "Risks and Benefits of e-Cigarette Usage Relative to Conventional Cigarettes" Research in Medical & Engineering Sciences, 11(1), 1162-1171, 2024.
113) Anthohy J. Preziosi, Ronny Priefer "Oncology's trial and error: Analysis of the FDA withdrawn accelerated approvals" Life Science , 346, 122615, 2024.
112) Victoria L.S. dos Santos, Rayssa C. Araújo, Erika S. Lisboa, André M. Lopes, Ricardo L. de Albuquerque-Júnior, Juliana C. Cardoso, Cristina Blanco-Llamero, Tanvi A. Deshpande, Henning O.W. Anderson, Ronny Priefer , Eliana B. Souto, Patrícia Severino "Layer-by-layer assembly: A versatile approach for tailored biomedical films and drug delivery" Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 91, 105243, 2024.
111) Rosilla Edward, Ronny Priefer "A comparison of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in diabetes management: A systematic literature review" Primary Care Diabetes, 17, 529-534, 2023 .
110) Jie Yi Tan, Aadya Jaipuria, Ronny Priefer "Comparison of small molecules VEGFR inhibitors in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma" Pharmaciana doi.org/10.12928/ pharmaciana.v13i2.24638. 2023.
109) Natalie Ourfalian, Mahek Ramani, Grace Mosallam, David Priefer, Aadya Jaipuria, Ronny Priefer "Challenges Related to Extractables/Leachables During Bioprocessing" Medical Research Archives , doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i11.4622. 2023.
108) Tien Le, Ronny Priefer "Detection technologies of volatile organic compounds in the breath for cancer diagnoses" Talanta 265, 124767, 2023.
107) Christian Salmon, Margaret Salmon, Marcus Paoletti, Elaine Xu, Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust, Aliea Afnan "Fake drugs: Using Baseline Spectral Fingerprinting and a sorting algorithm to infer quality of medications" PLoS ONE 18(4): e0281416, 2023 .
106) Jinwoo Lee, Ronny Priefer "Clinical Trials: Failures and Challenges on the Path to Treating Alzheimer's" Pharma Focus Europe (online: https://www.pharmafocuseurope.com/articles/clinical-trials-failures-and-challenges-on-the-path-to-treating-alzheimers), 2023.
105) Chaehui Sue, Ronny Priefer "Alzheimer's Drug Pipeline: Past, Present, and Future Biologic Therapies" Pharma Focus America (online: https://www.pharmafocusamerica.com/articles/alzheimers-drug-pipeline-past-present-and-future-biologic-therapies) 2023.
104) Gi Eun Han, Ronny Priefer "A systematic review of various pKa determination techniques" International Journal of Pharmaceutics 635, 122783, 2023.
103) Khanh Van Vo, Ronny Priefer "Selenium Supplementation: Benefits and Drawbacks on Disease States" Chronic Dis Manag 7(1), 1028, 2023.
102) Jose Paredes Quiroz, Andi Zeng, Michelle Young, Patrick Gordon, Aadya Jaipuria, Kristi J. Reed, Greg M. Landry, Suhui Yang, Shreya Asher, Sabrina Ruoyao Chen Zhang, Ronny Priefer "Homotaurine and Curcumin Analogues as Potential
Anti-Amyloidogenic Agents" Chemistry 5, 223-241, 2023 .
101) Yadnya P. Gharat, Monica C. Chuong, Dan Kiel, Ahmed Mehanna, Ronny Priefer , Stephen G. Kerr, Juan Duarte, Himani S. Bhagwat, Purvajeet P. Jadeja, Alisha R. Patel, Shivani Patel, Neel A. Shah "The Effect of Pancreatin on Glimepiride Release Kinetics as a Model for Studying Endogenous Mediated Enzymes on Orally Administered Lipophilic Drugs"J Pharmacol Pharm Res,5(3), 1-10, 2022.
100) Tanvi Shah, Ronny Priefer "Photodynamic Therapy Research, Findings and Future Endeavors" Inspire, 23-24, Fall 2022.
99) Zofia Dice-Cholodzinski, Ronny Priefer "Elderly HbA1c Goals and Complications" Curr Res Diabetes Obes J 16(2), 555931, 2022.
98) Sabrina Ruoyao Chen Zhang, Ronny Priefer "Curcumin's Role as an Anti-Neurofibrillary Agent Towards Alzheimer's Disease" Pharma Focus America 2022. (online: https://www.pharmafocusamerica.com/articles/curcumins-role-as-an-anti-neurofibrillary-agent-towards-alzheimers-disease)
97) Christy Lim, Ronny Priefer "Current and Future Outlook of Pharmacogenomics in Paediatric Asthmatic Medications" Pharma Focus Asia 47, 76-79, 2022.
96) Iwona Cicha, Ronny Priefer, Patrícia Severino, Eliana B. Souto, Sona Jain "Biosensor-Integrated Drug Delivery Systems as New Materials for Biomedical Applications" Biomolecules 12, 1198, 2022.
95) Shreya Asher, Ronny Priefer "Alzheimer's disease failed clinical trials" Life Sciences 306, 120861, 2022 .
94) Dagam Jeong, Ronny Priefer "Anti-obesity weight loss medications: Short-term and long-term use" Life Sciences 306, 120825, 2022.
93) Tanvi A. Deshpande, Jimena Martinez-Malaga, Ronny Priefer "Dithiocarbamates as potential PTP1B inhibitors for diabetes management" Results in Chemistry 4, 100372, 2022.
92) Yuan-Yuan Lin, Melissa J. Mattison, Ronny Priefer "Beneficial effects of non-herbal supplements on patients with diabetes" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 16, 102510, 2022.
91) Gyu Bin Lee, David T. Priefer, Ronny Priefer "Scoliosis: Causes and Treatments" Adolescents, 2, 220-234, 2022.
90) Hyun Jin Jung, Ronny Priefer "Non-Invasive Breath Analysis for Disease Screening and Diagnoses" Biosensors, 12, 235, 2022.
89) Ivana Rizk El Maalouf, Kam Capoccia, Ronny Priefer "Non-invasive ways of administering insulin" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 16, 102478, 2022.
88) Rohan Purvin Zaveri, Shrey Asher, Ronny Priefer "Biobetters: Are They Truly Better?" Medical Research Archives, doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i3.2715 , 2022.
87) Cheol Min Lee, Hyun Jun Kim, Shreya Timilsina, Ronny Priefer "The Role of Counter-Anions on Cationic Antimicrobial Agents" Medical Research Archives, doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i3.2716 , 2022.
86) Christy Lim, Ronny Priefer "Pharmacogenomics and Pediatric Asthmatic Medications" Journal of Respiration 2, 25-43, 2022 .
85) Bansree Patel, Ronny Priefer "Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung infection, and/or inhaled corticosteroids use on potential risk of lung cancer" Life Sciences 294, 120374, 2022 .
84) Noheul Kim, Ronny Priefer "Retinol binding protein 4 antagonists and protein synthesis inhibitors: Potential for therapeutic development" European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 226, 113856, 2021.
83) Jiancheng Mo, Ngoc Phuong Mai Le, Ronny Priefer "Evaluating the mechanisms of action and subcellular localization of ruthenium(II)-based photosensitizers" European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 225, 113770, 2021.
82) Jozef Stec, Charitha Madiraju, Eva Y. Wong, Ronny Priefer , Henry Hua "Benefits of delivering research podium presentations by students enrolled in pharmacy programs: A descriptive study" Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 13, 1339-1345, 2021.
81) Emily Buttermore, Veronica Campanella, Ronny Priefer "The increasing trend of Type 2 diabetes in youth: An overview" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 15, 102253, 2021.
80) Isabella Portugal, Sona Jain, Patrícia Severino, Ronny Priefer "Micro- and Nano-Based Transdermal Delivery Systems of Photosensitizing Drugs for the Treatment of Cutaneous Malignancies" Pharmaceuticals 14, 772, 2021.
79) Zhichun Guo, Ronny Priefer "Current progress in pharmacogenomics of Type 2 diabetes: A systemic overview"Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews15, 102239, 2021.
78) Hyun Jin Jung, Ronny Priefer "Tachykinin NK 2 antagonist for treatments of various disease states" Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 235, 102865, 2021.
77) Arthur Rabinovich, Ronny Priefer "Glucagon delivery-An overview of current and future devices" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 15 102155 2020.
76) Noheul Kim, Ronny Priefer "Drug Regimen for Patients after a Pneumonectomy" Journal of Respiration 1, 114-134, 2021 . doi.org/10.3390/jor1020013
75) Jiancheng Mo, Ronny Priefer "Medical Devices for Tremor Suppression: Current Status and Future Directions" Biosensors , 11(4), 99, 2021. DOI: 10.3390/bios11040099.
74) Bansree Patel, Ronny Priefer "Infections associated with diabetic-care devices" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 15 519-524 2021.
73) Allan A. Rezende, Rafael S. Santos, Luciana N. Andrade, Ricardo G. Amaral, Matheus M. Pereira, Cristiane Bani, Mo Chen, Ronny Priefer , Classius F. da Silva, Ricardo L. C. de Albuquerque Júnior, Eliana B. Souto, Patrícia Severino "Anti-Tumor Efficiency of Perillylalcohol/β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes in a Sarcoma S180-Induced Mice Model" Pharmaceutics 13, 245, DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13020245, 2021.
72) Claudia Korzeniecki, Ronny Priefer "Targeting KRAS mutant cancer by preventing signaling transduction in the MAPK pathway" European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 211, 113006, 2021 .
71) Sruthi Swaminathan, Evan Buzgo, Ronny Priefer "Utilization of Multilayering as a Drug Release Platform" Archive of Organic and Inorganic Chemical Sciences , DOI: 10.32474/AOICS.2021.04.000200, 2021.
70) Christopher J Dietz, Ronny Priefer "Thermal Cage Opening/Rearrangement of Novel Cubyl Styrene Derivatives" Archive of Organic and Inorganic Chemical Sciences , DOI: 10.32474/AOICS.2021.04.000198, 2021.
69) Omar Alkedeh, Ronny Priefer "The Ketogenic Diet: Breath Acetone Sensing Technology" Biosensors, DOI: 10.3390/bios11010026 2021 .
68) Veronika Ramzy , Ronny Priefer "THC Detection in the Breath" Talanta 121528 2021.
67) Tanvi A Deshpande, Martina Isshak, Ronny Priefer "PTP1B Inhibitors as Potential Target for Type II Diabetes" Current Research in Diabetes & Obesity Journal , DOI: 10.19080/CRDOJ.2020.14.555876, 2020.
66) Nicholas Deutsch, Jaswanthi Dogiparthi, Ronny Priefer "Implications of Agonizing and Antagonizing Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1" Medical Research Archives, DOI: 10.18103/mra.v8i12.2269 , 2020.
65) Melanie Daniels, Ronny Priefer "Medical Waste Proper Disposal and Techniques - A Review of Multiple Devices" Medical Research Archives, DOI: 10.18103/mra.v8i12.2266 , 2020
64) Kristin Kim, Ronny Priefer "Evaluation of current post-concussion protocols" Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 129, 110406 2020.
63) Luelle Robles, Ronny Priefer "Lactose Intolerance: What Your Breath Can Tell You" Diagnostics 10, 412 2020 .
62) Anmole S. Bolla, Ronny Priefer "Blood glucose monitoring- an overview of current and future non-invasive devices" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 14 739-751 2020.
61) Soo Ji Seo, Ronny Priefer "Dexamethasone Mechanism in Inflammatory Immune Mediated Disease and its Application in Treating 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)" Medical Research Archives, DOI: 10.18103/mra.v8i12.2267 , 2020.
60) Brandon Truong, Jose Paredes Quiroz, Ronny Priefer "Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease; Past, Present, and Potential Future" Medical Research Archives, DOI: 10.18103/mra.v8i12.2271 , 2020.
59) Sophia D'Alessandro , Ronny Priefer "Non-Porphyrin Dyes Used as Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy" Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology , 101979, 2020.
58) Anmole S.Bolla, Ashwani R.Patel , Ronny Priefer "The silent development of counterfeit medications in developing countries - A systematic review of detection technologies" International Journal of Pharmaceutics , 587 119702 2020.
57) Renata P. Morais, Gabrielle B. Novais, Leandro S. Sangenito, André L. S. Santos, Ronny Priefer, Margreet Morsink, Marcelo C. Mendonça, Eliana B. Souto, Patrícia Severino, Juliana C. Cardoso "Naringenin-Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: A Potential Approach for Site-Specific Remote-Controlled Anticancer Delivery for the Treatment of Lung Cancer Cells" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 4557, 2020.
56) Renee Mott, Ronny Priefer "Multilayering as a solution to medical device failure" Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 193 111154 2020.
55) Nikita Modi, Ronny Priefer "Effectiveness of mainstream diets" Obesity Medicine 18 100239 2020 .
54) Brianna Tarsillo, Ronny Priefer "Proteobiotics as a new antimicrobial therapy" Microbial Pathogenesis 142 104093 2020.
53) Alexander Huynh, Ronny Priefer "Hyaluronic acid applications in ophthalmology, rheumatology, and Dermatology" Carbohydrate Research 489 107950 2020.
52) Dong Eun Kim, Ronny Priefer "Therapeutic Potential of Direct Clearance of the Amyloid-β in Alzheimer's Disease" Brain Science 10, 93, 2020.
51) Nina A. Johnson, Ronny Priefer "Assessment of the approved Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy programs for New Drug Applications and Biologics Licensing Applications" Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 101, 53-56, 2019.
50) Samuel M. Poloyac, Jane E. Cavanaugh, Nicholas E. Hagemeier, Krishna Kumar, Russell B. Melchert, James M. O'Donnell, Ronny Priefer , Daniel R. Touchette, Dorothy F. Farrell, Kirsten F. Block "Breaking Down Barriers to Pharmacy Graduate Education: The Report of the 2017-2018 Research and Graduate Affairs Committee" American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education , 82(7), Article 7147, 2018.
49) David Olczuk, Ronny Priefer "A history of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in self-monitoring of diabetes mellitus" Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews . 12, 181-187, 2018.
48) Liliana B. Jimenez, Marcelo Puiatti, Diego M. Andrada, Federico Brigante, Karina F. Crespo Andrada, Roberto A. Rossi, Ronny Priefer , Adriana B. Pierini "Photoinduced nucleophilic substitution of iodocubanes with arylthiolate and diphenylphosphanide ions. Experimental and computational approaches" RSC Advances, 8, 39222-39230, 2018.
47) Samuel M. Poloyac, Kirsten F. Block, Jane E. Cavanaugh, Linda P. Dwoskin, Russell B. Melchert, Ruth E. Nemire, James M. O'Donnell, Ronny Priefer, Daniel R. Touchette "Competency, Programming, and Emerging Innovation in Graduate Education within Schools of Pharmacy: The Report of the 2016-2017 Research and Graduate Affairs Committee." American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education , 81(8), Article S11, 2017.
46) Ronny Priefer "The Role of the College of Pharmacy in the Development of Shared Governance at Western New England University" AAUP Academe Sept-Oct 2016.
45) Paolo N. Grenga , Matthew J. Nethercott , Ayeisca E. Mateo , Mathew Patenaude , Todd Hoare , David P. Weliky, Ronny Priefer "Thermal and Spectral Analysis of Novel Amide-Tethered Polymers from Poly(allylamine)"Australian Journal of Chemistry, 69, 458-466, 2016.
44) Brittany N. Dickhaus, Ronny Priefer "Determination of polyelectrolyte pK a values using surface-to-air tension measurements" Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects , 488, 15-19, 2016.
43) Kimberly Han, Osakpolor E. Woghiren, Ronny Priefer "Surface tension examination of various liquid oral, nasal, and ophthalmic dosage forms" Chemistry Central Journal, 10:31, 2016.
42) Ayeisca E. Mateo, Ronny Priefer "Acid-base equilibria of multilayered pseudo-polyelectrolytes" Applied Surface Science , 356, 1229-1233, 2015.
41) Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, Justin R. Griffiths, G. Paul Savage, John Tsanaktsidis, Ronny Priefer"Cubane: 50 Years Later" Chemical Reviews, 115, 6719-6745, 2015 (COVER).
40) Eric G. Stoutenburg, Ganna Gryn'ova, Michelle L. Coote, Ronny Priefer "Chemical shift and coupling constant analysis of dibenzyloxy disulfides"Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 136, 1924-1931, 2015.
39) Christian Salmon, Aliea Afnan, Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust "Detecting substandard pharmaceuticals though spectral finger-printing" Annals of Global Health, 81(1), 199-200, 2015.
38) Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, James S. Gordon IV, Deana A. Rodriguez, Ronny Priefer "Development of a general approach to the synthesis of a library of isoflavonoid derivatives" Tetrahedron Letters 55, 5210-5212, 2014.
37) Deana A. Rodriguez, Ronny Priefer "Sulfite formation versus chlorination of benzyl alcohols with thionyl chloride" Tetrahedron Letters 55, 3045-3048, 2014.
36) Eric G. Stoutenburg, Anne E. Palermo, Ronny Priefer "Thermochemical properties of dibenzyloxy disulfides" Thermochimica Acta , 551, 99-103, 2013.
35) Edmond Richer, Robert Gettens, Ronny Priefer "Design of an Impedance Spectrometer for the Development of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Generator for Medical Applications" NEBEC, 31, 263-264, 2013.
34) Nicole M. Banach , Michael J. Rust, Ronny Priefer "A Portable Spectrophotometer-Based Breathalyzer for Point-of-Care Testing of Diabetic Patients" NEBEC, 31, 245-246, 2013 .
33) Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, Michelle L. Ingalsbe, Jeffrey D. St. Denis, James L. Gleason, Junming Ho, Michelle L. Coote, G. Paul Savage, Ronny Priefer "Evaluation of a Chiral Cubane-Based Schiff Base Ligand in Asymmetric Catalysis Reactions" Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 1814-1818, 2012.
32) Laurine R. Zupp, Veronica L. Campanella, DiAndra M. Rudzinski, François Beland, Ronny Priefer "Microwave-assisted silica-supported aluminum chloride-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts alkylation" Tetrahedron Letters, 53, 5343-5346, 2012.
31) Paolo N. Grenga, Eric G. Stoutenburg, Ronny Priefer "Photolytic decomposition of dibenzylic sulfites" Tetrahedron Letters , 53, 4933-4937, 2012.
30) Ronny Priefer, Kelly Sowers, Todd D. Krauss, Megan E. McGahan, Thomas W. Smith "Bis(trifluoromethyl)carbinol polynorbornene as a pseudo-polyelectrolyte in multilayered films" Thin Solid Films, 520, 6170-6173, 2012.
29) Patrick J. Heaphy, Justin R. Griffiths, Christopher J. Dietz, G. Paul Savage, Ronny Priefer "Cage opening and rearrangement of 1-iodocubane-4-carboxaldehyde" Tetrahedron Letters , 52, 6359-6362, 2011.
28) Matthew S. Pinto, Megan E. McGahan, Walter W. Steiner, Ronny Priefer "The use of the pseudo-polyelectrolyte, poly(4-vinylphenol), in multilayered films as an antimicrobial surface coating" Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects , 377, 182-186, 2011.
27) Kazushige Yokoyama, Amy L. Tran, Ronny Priefer "Self-assembly of Amyloid Beta Peptide over Dialkoxy Disulfide Functionalized Nano Gold Colloidal Particles" International Review of Biophysical Chemistry , 2, 174-183, 2011.
26) Pavel Belov, Veronica L. Campanella, Alison W. Smith, Ronny Priefer "Microwave-assisted methylation of phenols with DMF-DMA" Tetrahedron Letters 52, 2776-2779, 2011.
25) Ronny Priefer, Paolo N. Grenga, Megan E. McGahan, Danielle M. Raymond, Michael J. Gallagher "Assessment of airborne total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) of Niagara Falls residences as compared to resident lifestyle" Indoor and Built Environment, 20, 226-231, 2011.
24) Mary P. McCourt, Christopher Wirth, Josef G. Krause, Brian D. Leskiw, Robert S. Greene, Michelle L. Emery, Megan E. McGahan, Ronny Priefer "Computational Analysis of the Apoptotic Activity of a Small Library of Novel Substituted Hydroxy Ureas Designed as Potential Inhibitors of Ribonucleotide Reductase" Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 8, 580-584, 2011.
23) Samantha Evans, Ronny Priefer "Continued Misconception Concerning Bond Breaking and Making" Chem. Educator 15,398-400, 2010.
22) Ronny Priefer, Justin R. Griffiths, Janelle N. Ludwig, Graham Skelhorne-Gross,Robert S. Greene "Synthesis of aza-bodipy boron difluoride PDT agents to promote apoptosis in HeLa cells" Letters in Organic Chemistry, 8, 368-373, 2011 .
21) Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, Jeffrey D. St. Denis, Vincent M. Carroll, Ronny Priefer "An Efficient Synthesis of Daidzein, Dimethyldaidzein, and Isoformononetin" Tetrahedron Letters, 51, 4408-4410, 2010.
20) Josef G. Krause, Brian D. Leskiw, Michelle L. Emery, Megan E. McGahan, Mary P. McCourt, Ronny Priefer "Synthesis of substituted N-hydroxyureas via the in situ generation of t -butoxy isocyanate" Tetrahedron Letters, 51, 3568-3570, 2010.
19) Jeffrey D. St. Denis, James S. Gordon IV, Vincent M. Carroll, Ronny Priefer "Novel Synthesis of the Isoflavone Genistein" Synthesis, 10, 1590-1592, 2010 .
18) Justin R. Griffiths, John Tsanaktsidis, G. Paul Savage, Ronny Priefer "Thermochemical properties of iodinated cubane derivatives" Thermochimica Acta ,499, 15-20, 2010.
17) Ronny Priefer, Paolo N. Grenga, Ashley N. Mandrino, Danielle M. Raymond, Kathryn E. Leach, Todd D. Krauss "Multilayering of a pseudo polyelectrolyte (PVPh) with a strong polyelectrolyte (PDMAC) from aqueous media" Surface Science, 604, 59-62, 2010.
16) Michelle L. Ingalsbe, Jeffrey D. St. Denis, James L. Gleason, G. Paul Savage, Ronny Priefer"Synthesis of a Novel Chiral Cubane-based Schiff-base Ligand and its Application in Asymmetric Nitro Aldol (Henry) Reactions" Synthesis, 1, 98-102, 2010 .
15) Paolo N. Grenga, Brittany L. Sumbler, François Beland, Ronny Priefer "Reductive amination agents: Comparison of Na(CN)BH 3 and Si-CBH" Tetrahedron Letters, 50, 6658-6660, 2009 .
14) DiAndra M. Rudzinski, Mary P. McCourt, Ronny Priefer "Thermolytic decomposition of benzylic dialkoxy disulfides" Tetrahedron Letters , 50, 5520-5522, 2009.
13) Michelle L. Ingalsbe, Jeffrey D. St. Denis, Megan E. McGahan, Walter W. Steiner, Ronny Priefer"Development of a novel expression, ZIMAX/KZI, for determination of the counter anion effect on the antimicrobial activity of tetrabutylammonium salts" Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 19, 4984-4987, 2009.
12) DiAndra M. Rudzinski, Ronny Priefer"Photolytic, autocatalyzed decomposition of benzylic dialkoxy disulfides" Tetrahedron Letters , 50, 1629-1632, 2009.
11) Jeanette Drapo, Ronny Priefer"Praseodymium induced pinacol formation" Synthetic Communication, 39, 85-92, 2009.
10) Vincent M. Carroll, David N. Harpp, Ronny Priefer"Thermo-cage opening of 4-iodo-1- vinylcubane to a novel styrene derivative" Tetrahedron Letters, 49, 2677-2680, 2008.
9) Ronny Priefer, Kathryn E. Leach, Todd D. Krauss, Jeanette R. Drapo, Michelle L. Ingalsbe, Mallory A. van Dongen, John C. Cadwalader, Megan A. Baumler, Matthew S. Pinto "Multilayer Film Preparation of PVPh from Aqueous Media" Surface and Coatings Technology , 202, 6109-6112, 2008.
8) Ronny Priefer, Eric Martineau, David N. Harpp "Derivatization of Dicubyl Disulfide" Journal of Sulfur Chemistry , 28, 529-535, 2007.
7) Vincent M. Carroll, Megan A. Baumler, John C. Cadwalader, Jeanette R. Drapo, Michelle L. Ingalsbe, Matthew S. Pinto, Mallory A. van Dongen, Ronny Priefer "Synthesis of Poly(4-vinylphenol) Derivatives and Preparation of Multilayered Films from Aqueous Media"Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 96, 488-489, 2007.
6) Ronny Priefer, Sophie Nguyen, Patrick G. Farrell, David N. Harpp "Synthesis of Novel, Cubane-Containing Norbornene-Based Polymers" Macromolecules, 36, 5435-5436, 2003.
5) Ronny Priefer, Yoon J. Lee, Fabiola Barrios, Jordan H. Wosnick, Anne-Marie Lebuis, Aiming Sun, Shaoxiong Wu, James P. Snyder, Patrick G. Farrell, David N. Harpp "Dicubyl Disulfide" Journal of the American Chemical Society , 124, 5626-5627, 2002.
4) Ronny Priefer, Patrick G. Farrell, David N. Harpp "Dialkoxy Disulfides from Cubylcarbinols" Tetrahedron Letters, 43, 8781-8784, 2002.
3) Ronny Priefer, Patrick G. Farrell, David N. Harpp "Effective Synthetic Routes to Cubylcarbinol Derivatives." Synthesis , 18, 2671-2673, 2002.
2) Guy L. Plourde, Ronny Priefer, David B. Llewellyn "Synthesis and Characterization of 1-hydroxy-2-methoxy-4-(3-propanoic acid) anthracene." Synthetic Communication, 29, 2895-2901, 1999.
1) Mark A. Bernards, Warren D. Fleming, David B. Llewellyn, D. B., Ronny Priefer, Xiaolong Yang, Anita Sabatino, Guy L. Plourde "Biochemical Characterization of the Suberization-Associated with Anionic Peroxidase of Potato." Plant Physiology, 121, 135-145, 1999.
Books and Book Chapters
- Ronny Priefer “The Secrets of Diabetes” Index of Sciences, 2023.
- Dong Hyeon Shin, Ronny Priefer "Chapter 3: Tackling a Global Crisis - A Review of Efficacy of LC-MS" Quantitative and Qualitative Determination Technologies of Counterfeit Drugs. Taylor & Francis, Editor R. Priefer, 77-96, 2023.
- Jin Ba, Ronny Priefer "Chapter 5: Applications of UlV-Vis Spectroscopy in Counterfeit Medications" Quantitative and Qualitative Determination Technologies of Counterfeit Drugs. Taylor & Francis, Editor R. Priefer, 119-130, 2023.
- Alina Hoxha, Ronny Priefer "Chapter 7: NMR Spectroscopy to Analyze Counterfeit Medications" Quantitative and Qualitative Determination Technologies of Counterfeit Drugs. Taylor & Francis, Editor R. Priefer, 171-192, 2023.
- Ronny Priefer “Medicinal Chemistry” Study Guide, BarCharts Publishing, Inc. 2019.
- Ronny Priefer “Medicinal Chemistry” eTextbook, Top Hat Publishing, 2018.
- Vincent M. Carroll, Jeffrey D. St. Denis, Kyle F. Biegasiewicz, Ronny Priefer “Chapter 5: Chemistry and Synthesis of Daidzein and its Methylated Derivatives: Formononetin, Isoformononetin, and Dimethyldaidzein” Food and Nutritional Components in Focus No. 5 Isoflavones: Chemistry, Analysis, Function and Effects, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Editor Victor R Preedy, 61-82, 2013.
Patents
- Ronny Priefer, Michelle Young, Patrick Gordon, Greg Landry “Anti-Amyloidogenic Curcumin Analogues” United States Patent and Trademark Office, Provisional Patent Application No. 63/550,985.
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” United States Patent and Trademark Office. Utility Patent, 2/28/2017 US 9,581,585.
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” United States Patent and Trademark Office. Divisional Patent, 3/20/2018 US 9,921,209.
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” Mexican Patent. 2/18/18 MX/a/2016/006278.
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” European patent application No.: 14861508.1
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” Indian application No.: 201617016144
- Ronny Priefer, Michael Rust “Breath Acetone Monitor and Method of Detecting Breath Acetone” Canadian application No.: 2,965,616
- Christian Salmon, Ronny Priefer “System and Method of Inferring the Quality Level of Medicines” United States Patent and Trademark Office, Provisional Patent Application No. 62/448,617.
External Research Support
- National Science Foundation
- Massachusetts Life Sciences Workforce Development Capital Grant
- TA Instruments
- The Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center-MA Acorn Grant
- American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education: Gateway Scholarship
- American Chemical Society: The Petroleum Research Fund
- American Society for Quality
- New York State Great Lakes Protection Fund