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Eyup Akgün

Editorial Board Member
University of Minnesota USA Member since 2023

Biography

Eyup Akgün is an Associate Professor University of Minnesota, Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Minneapolis, MN. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He was trained as synthetic organic chemist with medicinal chemistry orientation. He has experiences in carbocation, carbon anion synthesis and their utilizations. He worked almost 4 decades preparing agents for medicinal use. He synthesized biologically active compounds related to the anticancer Vinca alkaloids, which became products screened by the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1988, He joined the University of Kansas as a visiting scientist, at which time, He started to investigate the asymmetric synthesis of β-lactam antibiotics, anticancer agents, and related compounds. After the University of Kansas, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Department of Radiology, P.E.T. Center) hired him as a Senior Research Chemist. In 2001, he took a position with the PanVera Corporation (Madison, WI), where he synthesized nuclear receptor agonists.

Research Interests

Designing and synthesizing several opioid agonists for opioid receptors. Synthesis of serotonin and dopamine uptake inhibitors

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