Biography

• Staff chemist at the General Electric Corporate Research Center in Schenectady, NY (1988-1991)
• Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy (1991-1995)
• Assistant professor in the UCF Chemistry Department (1995-2000)
• Associate professor in the UCF Chemistry Department (2000-2006)
• Full professor in the UCF Chemistry Department (2006-2008)
• Full professor in the UCF College of Medicine (2008-present)

1. The involvement of polyamine uptake and synthesis pathways in the proliferation of neonatal astrocytes. Christian J. Malpica-Nieves, David E. Rivera-Aponte, Flavia A. Tejeda-Bayron, Angel M. Mayor, Otto Phanstiel, Rüdiger W. Veh, Misty J. Eaton, Serguei N. Skatchkov. Amino Acids 2020, 52, 1169-1180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-020-02881-w
2. Harnessing the polyamine transport system to treat BRAF inhibitor-resistant melanoma. Eric T. Alexander, Olivia El Naggar, Erin Fahey, Kelsey Mariner, Julia Donnelly, Katelyn Wolfgang, Otto Phanstiel, and Susan K. Gilmour. Cancer Biology & Therapy 2021, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2021.1883185 
3. The discovery of indolone GW5074 during a comprehensive search for non-polyamine-based polyamine transport inhibitors. Aiste Dobrovolskate, Meenu Madan, Veethika Pandey, Deborah A. Altomare, Otto Phanstiel. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 2021, 138, 106038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2021.106038
4. Uptake of Biotinylated Spermine in Astrocytes: Effect of Cx43 siRNA, HIV‐Tat Protein and Polyamine Transport Inhibitor on Polyamine Uptake. Christian J. Malpica‐Nieves, Yomarie Rivera, David E. Rivera‐Aponte, Otto Phanstiel, Rüdiger W. Veh, Misty J. Eaton, and Serguei N. Skatchkov. Biomolecules 2021, 11, 1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11081187
5. Development of a redox sensitive spermine prodrug for the potential treatment of Snyder Robinson Syndrome. Mukund P. Tantak, Vandana Sekhar, Xianzun Tao, R. Grace Zhai, and Otto Phanstiel IV. Med. Chem. 2021, 64, 15593-15607. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00419
6. Sai Preethi Nakkina, Sarah B. Gitto, Veethika Pandey, Jignesh G. Parikh, Dirk Geerts, Hans Carlo Maurer, Ken P. Olive, Otto Phanstiel IV, and Deborah A. Altomare. Differential expression of polyamine pathways in human pancreatic tumor progression and effects of polyamine blockade on tumor microenvironment, Cancers (Basel) 2021, 13, 6391. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13246391
7. Sai Preethi Nakkina, Sarah B. Gitto, Jordan M. Beardsley, Veethika Pandey, Michael Rohr, Jignesh G. Parikh, Otto Phanstiel IV, and Deborah A. Altomare. DFMO improves survival and increases immune cell infiltration in association with MYC downregulation in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci. 2021, 22, 13175. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413175
8. Development of polyamine lassos as polyamine transport inhibitors. Aiste Dobrovolskaite, Richard Andrew Gardner, Jean-Guy Delcros, and Otto Phanstiel IV. ACS Med Chem Lett, 2022, 13, 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00557
9. ATP13A3 facilitates polyamine transport in human pancreatic cancer cells. Vandana Sekhar, Thomas Andl, and Otto Phanstiel IV. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 4045. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07712-4
10. Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) circulating tumor cells influence myeloid cell differentiation to support their survival and immunoresistance in portal vein circulation. Juan Pablo Arnoletti, Joseph Reza, Armando Rosales, Alberto Monreal, Na’im Fanaian, Suzanne Whisner, Milan Srivastava, Julia Rivera-Otero, Gongxin Yu, Otto Phanstiel IV, Deborah A Altomare, Quang Tran, Sally A Litherland. PLOS One 2022, 17, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265725