Faculty / Supporting Staff, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

 Dr. Osama Al Wassil, PhD

 Acting Chairman / Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

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Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, 2015
• Preparing Future Faculty Program, The Center for Teaching Excellence, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, 2015
• Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, 2012
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA, 2005

Research Interest:

• Neurodegenerative Diseases; Antimicrobial agents
• Development of 3D homology models of receptors and enzymes at different activation states.
• Application of computational drug design and molecular simulation techniques using tripos software (e.g., SYBYL-X suite) as well as performing virtual docking studies and analyzing different bimolecular interactions using CCDC software (e.g., GOLD suite).