Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Head of Chemical Crystallography

Erasmus Coordinator

Qualifications

PhD in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
University of Munich (LMU), Germany

Master in Chemistry (Dipl.-Chem.)
University of Tübingen, Germany

Previous Positions

2007-2009
EC Marie-Curie Fellow (IEF)
MIUR Research Associate
University of Bologna, Italy
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
PolyCrystalLine (PCL) s.r.l., Bologna, Italy

2006-2007
ANR Research Associate
CNRS-UPR Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), Toulouse, France

2001-2006
PhD
University of Munich (LMU), Germany

1999-2000
Erasmus Student
University of Pisa, Italy

1995-2001
Undergraduate Studies
University of Tübingen, Germany

Memberships

British Crystallography Association (BCA)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

Research Interests

Baisch Group Research Page
Crystal Engineering, Chemical Crystallography, Lanthanide Chemistry

Other Expertise

Solid State Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry

Undergraduate Teaching

CHY1401 Data Handling in Chemistry
CHY2401 Structural Chemistry
CHY8810 Research Preparation
CHY8811 Research Project
CHY8423 Advanced Topics in Contemporary Physical Chemistry

• Hugle T, Kovacs H, Heijnen IAFM, Daikeler T, Baisch U, Hicks JM, Valderrabano V. Synovial fluid metabolomics in different forms of arthritis assessed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2012, 30(2), 240-245.
• Baisch U, Braga D. [Yb(C₂O₄)₄]^5- - a versatile metal-organic building block for layered coordination polymers. CrystEngComm 2009, 11, 40-42.
• Champouret Y, MacLeod KC, Baisch U, Patrick BO, Smith KM, Poli R. Cyclopentadienyl Chromium β-Diketiminate Complexes: Initiators, Ligand Steric Effects, and Deactivation Processes in the Controlled Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate. Organometallics 2010, 29(1), 167-176.
• Lopez-Gomez MJ, Connelly NG, Haddow MF, Hamilton A, Lusi M, Baisch U, Orpen AG. Potassium S₂N-heteroscorpionates: structure and irdidaboratrane formation. Dalton Transactions 2011, 40(17), 4647-4659.
• Baisch U, Rubini K, Braga D. Remarkable structural similarities between organic co-crystals and a metal-organic coordination network - insights into hydrogen bonded aliphatic ammonium chlorides. CrystEngComm 2008, 10, 1939-1947.
• Champouret Y, Baisch U, Poli R, Tang L, Conway JL, Smith KM. Homolytic bond strengths and formation rates in half-sandwich chromium alkyl complexes: relevance for controlled radical polymerization. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) 2008, 47(32), 6069.
• Kumar KSS, Li Y, Gnanou Y, Baisch U, Champouret Y, Poli R, Robson KCD, McNeil WS. Electronic and Steric Ligand Effects in the Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate Mediated by β-Ketoiminate Complexes of Cobalt(II). Chemistry: An Asian Journal 2009, 4(8), 1257-1265.
• Baisch U, Poli R. Copper(I/II) and cobalt(II) coordination chemistry of relevance to controlled radical polymerization processes. Polyhedron 2008, 27(9-10), 2175-2185.
• Baisch U, Pagano S, Zeuner M, Barros N, Maron L, Schnick W. Nanocrystalline lanthanide nitride materials synthesised by thermal treatment of amido and ammine metallocenes: X-ray studies and DFT calculations. Chemistry - A European Journal 2006, 12(18), 4785-4798.
• Baisch U, Pagano S, Zeuner M, Schmedt-auf-der-Guenne J, Oeckler O, Schnick W. Synthesis, Structure, and Dynamics of Tris(cyclopentadienyl)lanthanides and Bis(cyclopentadienyl)[bis(trimethylsilyl)amido]cerium(III). Organometallics 2006, 25(12), 3027.
• Baisch U, Belli-Dell'Amico D, Calderazzo F, Labella L, Marchetti F, Merigo A. N,N-Dialkylcarbamato Lanthanide Complexes, A Series of Isotypical Coordination Compounds. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2004, (6), 1219.
• Baisch U, Belli-Dell'Amico D, Calderazzo F, Labella L, Marchetti F, Vitali D. Reaction of a Tetranuclear N,N-di-iso-propylcarbamato Complex of Cerium(III) with Dioxygen: Synthesis and X-ray Characterization of Both the Oxidation Product and its Precursor. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2003, 204-205, 259-265.
• Vella-Zarb L, Baisch U, Dinnebier RE. Small molecule, big difference: The role of water in the crystallization of paclitaxel. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013, 102(2), 674-683.
• Friedrich P, Baisch U, Harrington RW, Lyatuu F, Zhou K, Zelder F, McFarlane W, Buckel W, Golding BT. Experimental Study of Hydrogen Bonding Potentially Stabilizing the 5'-Deoxyadenosyl Radical from Coenzyme B12. Chemistry: A European Journal 2012, 18(50), 16114-16122.