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Employment (3)

Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Wrocław, PL

2021-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Physical and Quantum Chemistry)
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Rafał Szabla

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, UK, Midlothian, GB

2019 to 2021 | Lecturer (School of Chemistry)
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Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences: Warsaw, PL

2017 to 2019 | Independent Postdoctoral Fellow
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Education and qualifications (3)

Masarykova Univerzita: Brno, CZ

2012-11 to 2017-03-01 | Ph.D. (Faculty of Science)
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Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Wrocław, PL

2011-03-01 to 2012-09-28 | M.Sc. (Faculty of Chemistry)
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Wrocław University of Science and Technology: Wrocław, PL

2007-10-01 to 2011-02-28 | B.Eng. (Faculty of Chemistry)
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Funding (2)

Photodamage and self-healing of primordial forms of DNA and RNA

2021-07 to 2025-06 | Grant
Narodowe Centrum Nauki (Kraków, PL)
URL: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/index.php?projekt_id=484417
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Mechanistic Studies of Prebiotically Plausible UV-Induced Chemistry

2017-06 to 2020-05 | Grant
Simons Foundation (NY, NY, US)
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494188
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Works (43)

Chalcogen Bonds Enable Efficient Photoreduction of Sulfur‐Containing Heterocycles

Angewandte Chemie
2025-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202413498
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Rafał Szabla
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Chalcogen Bonds Enable Efficient Photoreduction of Sulfur‐Containing Heterocycles

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2025-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202413498
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Rafał Szabla
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Photoinduced charge separation and DNA self-repair depend on sequence directionality and stacking pattern

Chemical Science
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC04971J
Contributors: Corinna L. Kufner; Sarah Crucilla; Dian Ding; Petr Stadlbauer; Jiří Šponer; Jack W. Szostak; Dimitar D. Sasselov; Rafał Szabla
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Prebiotic synthesis of dihydrouridine by photoreduction of uridine in formamide

Chemical Communications
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01823K
Contributors: Jianfeng Xu; Mikołaj J. Janicki; Rafał Szabla; John D. Sutherland
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The tautomer‐specific excited state dynamics of 2,6‐diaminopurine using resonance‐enhanced multiphoton ionization and quantum chemical calculations

Photochemistry and Photobiology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/php.13897
Contributors: Gregory Gate; Ann Williams; Samuel Boldissar; Jiří Šponer; Rafal Szabla; Mattanjah de Vries
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OTOREAKTYWNOŚĆ ZWIĄZKÓW HETEROCYKLICZNYCH W WARUNKACH ZMIENIAJĄCEGO SIĘ OTOCZENIA CHEMICZNEGO W ŚWIETLE CHEMII OBLICZENIOWEJ

Wiadomości Chemiczne
2023-12-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.53584/wiadchem.2023.11.2
Contributors: Mikołaj Janicki; Rafał Szabla; Robert Góra
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The tautomer-specific excited state dynamics of 2,6-diaminopurine using REMPI and quantum chemical calculations

2023-11-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-l4t9j-v2
Contributors: Gregory Gate; Ann Williams; Samuel Boldissar; Jiri Sponer; Rafał Szabla; Mattanjah de Vries
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The tautomer-specific excited state dynamics of 2,6-diaminopurine using REMPI and quantum chemical calculations

2023-06-30 | Preprint
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-l4t9j
Contributors: Gregory Gate; Ann Williams; Samuel Boldissar; Jiri Sponer; Rafał Szabla; Mattanjah de Vries
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Course Materials for an Introduction to Data-Driven Chemistry

Journal of Open Source Education
2023-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21105/jose.00192
Contributors: James Cumby; Matteo Degiacomi; Valentina Erastova; J. Güven; Claire Hobday; Antonia Mey; Hannah Pollak; Rafal Szabla
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Photochemistry of 2-thiooxazole: a plausible prebiotic precursor to RNA nucleotides

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP03167A
Contributors: Lauren Bertram; Samuel J. Roberts; Matthew W. Powner; Rafał Szabla
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Photoinduced water–chromophore electron transfer causes formation of guanosine photodamage

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00801G
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Rafał Szabla; Jiří Šponer; Robert W. Góra
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Total Synthesis and Prediction of Ulodione Natural Products Guided by DFT Calculations**

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2022-08-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207004
Contributors: Jacob S. Bestwick; David J. Jones; Helen E. Jones; Panagiotis G. Kalomenopoulos; Rafal Szabla; Andrew L. Lawrence
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Total Synthesis and Prediction of Ulodione Natural Products Guided by DFT Calculations**

Angewandte Chemie
2022-08-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207004
Contributors: Jacob S. Bestwick; David J. Jones; Helen E. Jones; Panagiotis G. Kalomenopoulos; Rafal Szabla; Andrew L. Lawrence
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Ribose Alters the Photochemical Properties of the Nucleobase in Thionated Nucleosides

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2021-07-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01384
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Corinna L. Kufner; Zoe R. Todd; Seohyun C. Kim; Derek K. O’Flaherty; Jack W. Szostak; Jiří Šponer; Robert W. Góra; Dimitar D. Sasselov; Rafał Szabla
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2,6-diaminopurine promotes repair of DNA lesions under prebiotic conditions

Nature Communications
2021-05-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23300-y
Contributors: Rafał Szabla; Magdalena Zdrowowicz; Paulina Spisz; Nicholas J. Green; Petr Stadlbauer; Holger Kruse; Jiří Šponer; Janusz Rak
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UV-induced hydrogen transfer in DNA base pairs promoted by dark nπ* states

Chemical Communications
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC06180K
Contributors: Kinga E. Szkaradek; Petr Stadlbauer; Jiří Šponer; Robert W. Góra; Rafał Szabla
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Surprisingly broad applicability of the cc-pVnZ-F12 basis set for ground and excited states

The Journal of Chemical Physics
2020-06-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1063/5.0006871
Contributors: Holger Kruse; Rafał Szabla; Jiří Šponer
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Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleosides

Nature
2020-06-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2330-9
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
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Photochromic reaction in 3H-naphthopyrans studied by vibrational spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP01451A
Contributors: Sabina Brazevic; Stanislaw Nizinski; Rafał Szabla; Michał F. Rode; Gotard Burdzinski
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Photodynamics of alternative DNA base isoguanine

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP01622H
Contributors: Gregory Gate; Rafał Szabla; Michael R. Haggmark; Jiří Šponer; Andrzej L. Sobolewski; Mattanjah S. de Vries
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UV photostability of three 2-aminoazoles with key roles in prebiotic chemistry on the early earth

Chemical Communications
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC05265H
Contributors: Zoe R. Todd; Rafał Szabla; Jack W. Szostak; Dimitar D. Sasselov
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Electron-driven proton transfer enables nonradiative photodeactivation in microhydrated 2-aminoimidazole

Faraday Discussions
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8FD00086G
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Rafał Szabla; Jiří Šponer; Robert W. Góra
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Photostability of oxazoline RNA-precursors in UV-rich prebiotic environments

Chemical Communications
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC07343K
Contributors: Mikołaj J. Janicki; Samuel J. Roberts; Jiří Šponer; Matthew W. Powner; Robert W. Góra; Rafał Szabla
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Selective prebiotic conversion of pyrimidine and purine anhydronucleosides into Watson-Crick base-pairing arabino-furanosyl nucleosides in water

Nature Communications
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06374-z
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2-s2.0-85054448955
Contributors: Roberts, S.J.; Szabla, R.; Todd, Z.R.; Stairs, S.; Bučar, D.-K.; Šponer, J.; Sasselov, D.D.; Powner, M.W.
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Sequential electron transfer governs the UV-induced self-repair of DNA photolesions

Chemical Science
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC00024G
Contributors: Rafał Szabla; Holger Kruse; Petr Stadlbauer; Jiří Šponer; Andrzej L. Sobolewski
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Solvation effects alter the photochemistry of 2-thiocytosine

Chemical Physics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.06.016
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2-s2.0-85049553497
Contributors: Janicki, M.J.; Szabla, R.; Šponer, J.; Góra, R.W.
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A prebiotically plausible synthesis of pyrimidine β-ribonucleosides and their phosphate derivatives involving photoanomerization

Nature Chemistry
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2664
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2-s2.0-85016265423
Contributors: Xu, J.; Tsanakopoulou, M.; Magnani, C.J.; Szabla, R.; Šponer, J.E.; Šponer, J.; Góra, R.W.; Sutherland, J.D.
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Water–chromophore electron transfer determines the photochemistry of cytosine and cytidine

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02635H
Contributors: Rafał Szabla; Holger Kruse; Jiří Šponer; Robert W. Góra
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A prebiotically plausible synthesis of pyrimidine β-ribonucleosides and their phosphate derivatives involving photoanomerization

Nature Chemistry
2017-04 | Journal article
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Comparative Assessment of Different RNA Tetranucleotides from the DFT-D3 and Force Field Perspective

Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b07551
EID:

2-s2.0-84992199675
Contributors: Szabla, R.; Havrila, M.; Kruse, H.; Šponer, J.
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Erratum: TiO <inf>2</inf> -catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth (Scientific Reports (2016) 6 (23199) DOI: 10.1038/srep23199)

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep27962
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2-s2.0-84975506397
Contributors: Civis, S.; Szabla, R.; Szyja, B.M.; Smykowski, D.; Ivanek, O.; Knizek, A.; Kubelik, P.; Sponer, J.; Ferus, M.; Sponer, J.E.
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New methods: General discussion

Faraday Discussions
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C6FD90075E
EID:

2-s2.0-85009067477
Contributors: Angulo, G.; Astumian, R.D.; Beniwal, V.; Bolhuis, P.G.; Dellago, C.; Ellis, J.; Ensing, B.; Glowacki, D.R.; Hammes-Schiffer, S.; Kästner, J. et al.
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Non-adiabatic reactions: General discussion

Faraday Discussions
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c6fd90078j
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2-s2.0-85009067816
Contributors: Althorpe, S.C.; Ananth, N.; Angulo, G.; Astumian, R.D.; Beniwal, V.; Blumberger, J.; Bolhuis, P.G.; Ensing, B.; Glowacki, D.R.; Habershon, S. et al.
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Photorelaxation of imidazole and adenine: Via electron-driven proton transfer along H<inf>2</inf>O wires

Faraday Discussions
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c6fd00131a
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2-s2.0-85009083882
Contributors: Szabla, R.; Góra, R.W.; Janicki, M.; Šponer, J.
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Prebiotic synthesis of nucleic acids and their building blocks at the atomic level-merging models and mechanisms from advanced computations and experiments

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00670a
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2-s2.0-84979873058
Contributors: Šponer, J.E.; Szabla, R.; Góra, R.W.; Saitta, A.M.; Pietrucci, F.; Saija, F.; Di Mauro, E.; Saladino, R.; Ferus, M.; Civiš, S. et al.
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TiO 2 -catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep23199
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2-s2.0-84961156292
Contributors: Civiš, S.; Szabla, R.; Szyja, B.M.; Smykowski, D.; Ivanek, O.; Knízek, A.; Kubelík, P.; Šponer, J.; Ferus, M.; Šponer, J.E.
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Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of isocytosine

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01391k
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2-s2.0-84979900306
Contributors: Szabla, R.; Góra, R.W.; Šponer, J.
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Electron-driven proton transfer along H&lt;inf&gt;2&lt;/inf&gt;O wires enables photorelaxation of πσ∗ states in chromophore - Water clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00261
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2-s2.0-84927933562
Contributors: Szabla, R.; Šponer, J.; Góra, R.W.
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Excited-state hydrogen atom abstraction initiates the photochemistry of β-2′-deoxycytidine

Chemical Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03761h
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2-s2.0-84923109605
Contributors: Szabla, R.; Campos, J.; Šponer, J.E.; Šponer, J.; Góra, R.W.; Sutherland, J.D.
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Molecular Mechanism of Diaminomaleonitrile to Diaminofumaronitrile Photoisomerization: An Intermediate Step in the Prebiotic Formation of Purine Nucleobases

Chemistry-a European Journal
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304224
Contributors: Szabla, Rafal; Gora, Robert W.; Sponer, Jiri; Sponer, Judit E.
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Solvent effects on the photochemistry of 4-aminoimidazole-5-carbonitrile, a prebiotically plausible precursor of purines

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02074j
Contributors: Szabla, Rafal; Sponer, Judit E.; Sponer, Jiri; Sobolewski, Andrzej L.; Gora, Robert W.
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Photochemistry of 2-Aminooxazole, a Hypothetical Prebiotic Precursor of RNA Nucleotides

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jz401315e
Contributors: Szabla, Rafal; Tuna, Deniz; Gora, Robert W.; Sponer, Jiri; Sobolewski, Andrzej L.; Domcke, Wolfgang
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Theoretical studies of the mechanism of 2-aminooxazole formation under prebiotically plausible conditions

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/c3cp50320h
Contributors: Szabla, Rafal; Sponer, Judit E.; Sponer, Jiri; Gora, Robert W.
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