Profile
I completed my undergraduate studies in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Queen Mary University of London, earning my degree in 2014. Subsequently, I pursue a master's degree in Drug Discover Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2015. Transitioning to the United States in 2016, I embarked on research focused on beta-lactamase inhibitors at the University of New Hampshire. In 2018, I returned to the United Kingdom to commence my doctoral studies under the guidance of Prof. Sir Tom Blundell at the University of Cambridge, based in the Department of Biochemistry at the Sanger Institute. During my doctoral tenure, my research primarily centered on Computational and Experimental Drug Discovery in Cancer and SARS CoV-2. Following the completion of my PhD in 2022, I continued my academic journey as a Postdoctoral Researcher under Prof. Blundell's mentorship, specializing in Drug Discovery for infectious diseases, particularly Mycobacterium abscessus. Recently, I transitioned to Saudi Arabia, where I have assumed the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). In this capacity, I am establishing my laboratory and contributing to the advancement of scientific research and education at KAU
Education
- 2014
Bachelor degree from Pharmaceutical ChemistryBiological Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, بريطانيا
- 2015
Master degree from Biochemistry School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, بريطانيا
- 2022
Doctorate degree from Biochemistry Sanger Institute, University Of Cambridge , Cambridge, بريطانيا
Employment
- 2016-2018
Researcher , , New Hampshire, امــريــكـا
- 2022-2024
postdoc, , كامبريدج, بريطانيا
Research Interests
I am interested in three major areas of Structure-based Drug Discovery; In Structural Biology I am intrested in solving drug target protein 3D structures using Cryo-Em, and X-ray, Medicinal Chemistry, i am intrested in the synthesis of varieties of small ligands to improve ligand-target potency. and in Bioinformatic; i am intrested in developing biological computational tools, databases, and pipeline for Aging, Cancer and Infectious disease
Scientific interests
I am interested in using computational and experimental techniques to analyse drug targets for humans, bacteria, and viruses as part of drug discovery
I am working on creating a computational pipeline for analysing genomics data. The aim of this project is to gain insights into age-related diseases and their development