Training of Highly Qualified Personnel
In April 2020, 2 B.Sc., 1 M.Sc., and 7 Ph.D. students, 1 PDF and 1 Visiting Scientist are engaged in my group performing solution and solid-phase heterocycle and peptide mimic synthesis, spectroscopic and computational methods, and organic, biological, medicinal and combinatorial chemistry. This outstanding training has enabled graduates to become leaders in academia and industry. Since my career start in Oct. 1991, I have trained 67 graduate, 58 undergraduate, 18 international exchange, 5 junior college students, 40 PDFs, and 7 RAs.
Present Group Members
Ali El-Husseini (M.Sc. Std. 01/21 – )
Project: Cyclic Peptide Probes and Treatments of Amyloid Diseases
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus
Origin : Canada
Hobbies : Movies, reading books, video games, puzzles ..
Why chemistry ? I like building stuff
Words to whomever is reading this ? Ça va bien aller :)
Fun fact about me : I can eat food really fast
Nassim Maarouf (Ph.D. Std. 09/20 – )
Project: Cyclic Amino Dicarboxylates
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus
Origin : Canada
Hobbies : Sleep
Why chemistry ? I like to mix things
Words to whomever is reading this ? N'est jamais finie
Fun fact about me : I usually focus too much on the details and like to give a twist to things.
Charity Yongo-Ludawa (B.Sc Std. 05/19 – 09/20 ; M.Sc. Std. 09/20 – )
Project: IL-1R Receptor Modulators
Local: B-3287, MIL Campus
Origin : Congo
Hobbies : Piano, guitar, anything else around music, cooking, reading, watching tv shows
Why chemistry ? For me there's a similarity between music and chemistry. Either way, you need to understand the pattern, use your creativity to improve your knowlegde and work patiently to achieve your goals and that's what led me to study organic chemistry.
Words to whomever is reading this ? I think you've come to right place to learn more about organic chemistry and we're nice people :)
Fun fact about me : I have a contagious laugh ... you'll see!
Xiaozheng Wei (Ph.D. Std. 01/19 – )
Project: Modulation of urotensin II receptor
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus
Origin : China
Hobby : Chemistry
Why chemistry ? Hobby
Yousra Hamdane (M. Sc. Std. 09/19 – ; Ph.D. Std. 01/21 – )
Project: N-aminoimidazolone peptidomimetics
Local: B-3287, MIL Campus
Origin : Algeria
Hobbies : Sports car racing and roadtrips
Why chemistry ? Chemistry plays a role in everyone's lives and touches almost every aspect of our existence in some way.
Words to whomever is reading this ? Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.
Fun fact about me : My caffeine tolerance is limitless.
Mulamreddy Ramakotaiah (Ph.D. Std. 01/18 – )
Project: Vinylprolines and unsaturated amino acids
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus
Origin : India
Hobbies : Music and movies.
Why chemistry ? As I believe that nothing exists without chemistry. So, I decided to study chemistry.
Words to whomever is reading this ? Welcome to peptide world.
Fun fact about me : I can easily believe everyone.
Xiaomeng Wang (Ph.D. Std. 10/17 – ) Co-directed W/ Prof. Alexis Vallée-Bélisle’s
Project: DNA-peptide conjugates
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus
Origin : China
Anh Minh Thao Nguyen (Ph.D. Std. 04/16 - )
Project: Anti-Parasitic Agents
Local: B-3285, MIL Campus