Dr. Riyadh Ahmed

Dr Riyadh Ahmed Atto Al-Shuaeeb, Pharmaceutical chemistry

Ph.D in Pharmaceutical chemistry since 2017 under the supervision of Prof. Messaoudi Samir at Paris SACLAY University (France) on the synthesis of analogues as anticancer agents and Diversity Oriented Synthesis; DOS.

Area of interest:

1. Transition-metal catalyzed C-C and C-heteroatom bond forming methodologies, Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (DOS) in sugars and heterocycles, as well as the preparation of molecules and molecular scaffolds of biological and therapeutic interest.
2. Computer Aided Drug Design.
3. Organic synthesis C-S coupling using palladacycle Pd-precatalyst.
4. Docking and simulation of biological receptors.
5. Carbohydrate synthesis (Diversity Oriented Synthesis; DOS).
6. Extraction of natural products, synthesis of new anticancer or antihypertensive drugs, chemical modification of drugs and chemical instrumentation.