Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, UT
- M.Sc. in Chemistry (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), University of Buea, Cameroon
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Buea, Cameroon
Research/Teaching Interests
- Organic and Computational Chemistry
- Design and synthesize novel small-molecule compounds for hit identification and lead optimization.
- Conduct structure-activity relationship analysis and structure-based drug design to optimize lead compounds.
- Conduct computational studies on the mechanisms of enzymatic reactions and protein folding using molecular dynamics simulations.
Select Publications
- Phytochemical Study of Alstonia scholaris, Chemical Transformation, and Biological Evaluation against a Breast Cancer Cell line. The Nat. Prot. J 2024, 14, 4 DOI: 10.2174/0122103155260546231113052349
- Antioxidant potential of flavonoid glycosides from Manniophyton fulvum Mull. Identification and molecular modeling. OpenAlex 2020 DOI: 10.60692/e66ga-15x10
- Co (salen)-Catalyzed oxidation of lignin models to form benzoquinones and benzaldehydes: a computational and experimental study. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020 8 (18), 7225-7234