Dr. John Gallagher

Background:Ph.D. awarded by National University of Ireland on 'Synthesis and Structure of derivatives of the octachlorodirhenate dianion'. Postdoctoral research in X-ray diffraction studies and chemical synthesis at the University of Guelph, Canada (1990-1993) and an EU Human Capital & Mobility Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK (1993-1995).Current research interests: synthesis and structural systematics of benzamides; carbamates and imides; macrocycles and oligomer imides; Trezimides and Tennimides. Recent papers include halogen bonding studies and the importance of weak interactions in influencing crystal structure formation. International research lectures and presentations/workshops (by invitation) in Brazil, France, Oman and India (2013-2023). Research visits to China as a Visiting Professor to Lanzhou University, Gansu, PRC in May 2024 and June 2025.Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Health theme coordinator for Research Brazil Ireland under an SFI-funded mobility initiative. Sabbatical leave as a Visiting Professor (2015-2016) at CRM-2, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Visiting Professorship award for 2022 at the FST and CRM-2, University of Lorraine, Nancy.

Dr. John F. Gallagher, Associate Professor, Dublin City University.
Currently 220 peer-reviewed chemistry and structural science papers (cited > 4000 times) and a h-index of 35 (Web of Science/Google Scholar). Co-Editorships include Acta Crystallographica Section C, (2000-2012), Acta Crystallographica Section E (2011-2014) and IUCrData (2014-2022), http://www.iucr.org/. Overall 2000+ international publications reviewed/edited (since 2000) for IUCr, RSC and ACS journals, as a Co-Editor and as a reviewer. Since 2024 as a Section Board Member of the MDPI journal Molbank. DORAS: the DCU Institutional Repository holds many IUCr papers/conference posters at http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Gallagher,_John_F=2E.html:

Youtube: John F Gallagher - Y ouTube

YouTube clips:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9FOUhx_uqnj9uyObrcnmUQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXxNbmOADWP2nAN9hQkElHQ

Background:

Ph.D. awarded by National University of Ireland on 'Synthesis and Structure of derivatives of the octachlorodirhenate dianion'. Postdoctoral research in X-ray diffraction studies and chemical synthesis at the University of Guelph, Canada (1990-1993) and an EU Human Capital & Mobility Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK (1993-1995).

Current research interests: synthesis and structural systematics of benzamides; carbamates and imides; macrocycles and oligomer imides; Trezimides and Tennimides. Recent papers include halogen bonding studies and the importance of weak interactions in influencing crystal structure formation. International research lectures and presentations/workshops (by invitation) in Brazil, France, Oman and India (2013-2023). Research visits to China as a Visiting Professor to Lanzhou University, Gansu, PRC in May 2024 and June 2025.

Biopharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Health theme coordinator for Research Brazil Ireland under an SFI-funded mobility initiative. Sabbatical leave as a Visiting Professor (2015-2016) at CRM-2, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Visiting Professorship award for 2022 at the FST and CRM-2, University of Lorraine, Nancy.

Selection of Research papers (2022-2025):

Probing the Electronic Properties and Interaction Landscapes in a Series of N-(Chlorophenyl)pyridinecarboxamides | Crystal Growth & Design (acs.org)

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/3/738/pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/7/1133/pdf

Molbank | Free Full-Text | N-(2,3-Difluorophenyl)-2-fluorobenzamide (mdpi.com)

Front Cover of Acta Crystallographica Section E: (IUCr) Acta Crystallographica Section E Volume 79, Part 9, August 2023

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130011

Impressive 1D (Ferrocenyl·C6F5R·)n Stacking Due to Cooperative Interactions in N-(Ferrocenylmethyl)Pentafluorobenzenecarboxamide: Four Crystal Structures and Contacts Analyses in N-(Ferrocenylalkyl)Benzenecarboxamides

Front page and Cover story: Crystals, Volume 15, Issue 4 (April 2025)

10-Azidotetrazolo[1,5-a][1,10] Phenanthroline: A Case of Azido-tetrazole Behavior in 1,10-Phenanthroline with Unusual Molecular Structure - Wan - Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry - Wiley Online Library

DCU Chemical Sciences Academic Administration includes Chair of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (AC) degree (from 2014-2020) and Teaching Convenor for Chemical Sciences (2018-2021): https://www4.dcu.ie/courses/undergraduate/chemistry/chemical-and-pharmaceutical-sciences.shtml

Currently International and Erasmus+ Academic Coordinator in Chemical Sciences.

Research Interests

Supramolecular, Macrocyclic and Acycle/Foldamer synthesis and structures:
Synthesis and Structure (chemical crystallography and molecular modelling):
Structural systematics of pharmaceuticals (informatics/databases):
Crystal engineering in solid state design (water & solvent channel formation):
Benzamides, pyridinecarboxamides, carbamates and trezimide/tennimide imides:
Halogen bonding and weak hydrogen bonding interactions:
Synthesis and structure of novel therapeutics (K+ channel blockers).
Youtube videos available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXxNbmOADWP2nAN9hQkElHQ and http://www.youtube.com/user/tennimidandtrezimid

Teaching Interests

Solid-state Inorganic and Materials
Crystallography (X-ray diffraction)
Coordination chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry laboratory teaching