Dr. Khalid Abu Ajaj                                                                              www.Abu-Ajaj.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Education                   Professional Experience              Editorial Board            Chemistry Consulting

 

 

Education

 

2002               PhD Organic Chemistry (magna cum laude)

                         University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

· Synthesis of phosphonate analogues of the antibiotic moenomycin A12

 

1995               MSc Chemistry (very good)

                         University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

· Synthesis of alpha-thiophene oligomers via organotin compounds

 

1991               BSc Chemistry (excellent)

                         Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

 

1987               The General Secondary Education Certificate Examination

                         Jenin, Palestine

 

Professional Experience

 

2019               Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Consulting

 

2014               Senior Scientist for Drug Discovery

                         Centurion Biopharma Corporation, previously CytRx Corporation, Freiburg, Germany

· Development of water-soluble highly-potent albumin-binding prodrugs

 

2011               Lab Head (with Dr. Ronald Frank)

                         Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany

· Studies on the inhibition of calmodulin, a calcium-binding messenger protein

 

2006               Lab Head (with Dr. Felix Kratz)

                         Tumor Biology Center, Freiburg, Germany

· Development of prodrugs to improve the therapeutic index of anticancer agents

 

2005               Postdoctoral fellow (with Prof. Dr. B. Koksch)

                         Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

· Supervision of students

 

2002               Postdoctoral fellow (with Prof. Dr. A. Zychlinsky & Prof. Dr. M. Bienert)

                         Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in cooperation with Leibniz Institute

                         for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany

· Studies on the lipopeptide-based inhibition of the toll-like receptors

 

1998               Doctoral Researcher

                         Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

 

1995               Chemistry Teacher and Lecturer

                         Jenin, Palestine; Amman, Jordan

 

1991               MSc Student Researcher

                         University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

 

Editorial Board

· Journal of Pulmonology and Respiratory Research

· Journal of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies

· The Clinical Oncologist Journal

 

Chemistry Consulting

· Planning of projects to meet deadlines,

· Creation and regular updating of project strategies and timelines,

· Coordination of cooperation with external contract research organization (CRO) 

·  Coordination of cooperation with patent attorneys 

· Documentation of product development

· Reviewing MBR documents

· Preparation of dossiers for "drug candidate compounds

· Preparation of publications and patents

· Presentation of pharmaceutical projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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