Vincent Nziko

Department of Chemistry
Vincent Nziko
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
804-504-7509
Bio | Virginia State University

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

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