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| Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid |
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Adjunct Professor of Chemistry |
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215-628-5606 |
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amagid@prdus.jnj.com |
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| Discipline: |
Organic Chemistry |
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| Research Keywords: |
Chemical process research, reductive amination, reduction |
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| Courses Taught: |
General and Organic Chemistry |
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| Profile: |
Ahmed Abdel-Magid, Ph.D., is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Johnson & Johnson PRD. His main responsibilities include designing, planning, and executing organic syntheses for the large-scale production of pharmaceutically important compounds. His research interests include development of organic syntheses of different classes of molecules such as carbocyclic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, amino acids, and polypeptides. Dr. Abdel-Magid is a specialist in the development of synthesis methodologies such as reduction and stereoselective synthesis in organic chemistry. He has a special interest in reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones and chemical process research. |
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Professional
Membership: |
American Chemical Society (ACS),
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC),
Philadelphia Organic Chemist's Club (POCC) |
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| Activities/Committees: |
Member and past officer of the Philadelphia Organic Chemist's Club (POCC) (Assistant Secretary, 1987; Secretary, 1988; Chair Elect, 1993; Chair, 1994),
Member of the Executive Committee of the Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (2003-2005), the 39th National Organic Chemistry Symposium Executive Officer (2004-2005). |
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| Education: |
University of South Carolina
Post-doctoral Associate, 1981-1982
Temple University
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, 1980
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 1973
B.S. in Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, 1969 |
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