Bahaa Elgendy

Associate Professor

Institution:

Washington University in St. Louis

Country:

United States of America

Nomination Year:

From 2015 To 2019

Biography:

Bahaa Elgendy, Ph.D., holds a primary appointment as an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM). He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences at the University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy (UHSP). After completing his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Organic Chemistry at Benha University, Egypt, Bahaa pursued his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, under the supervision of Prof. Alan R. Katritzky. Following the completion of his doctorate, he joined the Scripps Research Institute as a Research Associate. Before joining WUSM, Dr. Elgendy was an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, an Associate Professor of Bio-Organic Chemistry at Benha University, Egypt, and an Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at UHSP. The main focus of Dr. Elgendy’s research group is drug design and organic synthesis. He designs and synthesize novel small molecules as modulators of nuclear hormone receptors for the therapeutic treatment of cancer, fatty liver diseases, Alzheimer’s Disease, and pain. Dr. Elgendy incorporates computational methods such as quantitative structure activity relationships, pharmacophore modeling, and virtual screening in his drug discovery pipeline to accelerate the process of drug discovery and optimization. Ongoing work in Elgendy lab is funded by grants from NIH, DoD, and industry. Dr. Elgendy is the recipient of several awards including: Certificate of Outstanding Achievement from University of Florida (2008 and 2010), Proctor & Gamble Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, University of Florida (2010), Benha University Prize for Scientific Excellence (2015 and 2016), The Best Scientific Publication Award from Benha University (2015), The Egyptian State Prize in Chemical Sciences, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of Egypt, 2016, and Presidential Medal of Excellence (First Class) for outstanding contribution from the President of Egypt, 2017. Dr. El-Gendy is the former Co-Chair of the Egyptian Young Academy of Sciences (EYAS) (2015-2017), Young Affiliate of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2015-2019), member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) (2017-2022), and affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences (2018-2022).

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