Abid Shaikh, Ph.D.
Organic Synthesis, Organofluorine Chemistry, Natural Product Synthesis, & Heterocyclic Chemistry
Home Campus: Statesboro
malnu@georgiasouthern.edu
912-478-0973
Research Areas
Organic Synthesis, Organofluorine Chemistry, Natural Product Synthesis, and Heterocyclic Chemistry
Education
Ph.D. – University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral – Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Fellow – Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Publications
- Dylan Smeyne, Steven Boyles, Ricardo Belloso, Katherine Verboom, Bryce White, Abid Shaikh, “(Diethylamino)sulfur Trifluoride (DAST)-Mediated Oxidation of Benzylic Alchols and Amines to Carbonyl Compounds.” Synthetic Communications, 2024, 54, 1620-1628.
- Ashley Williams, Laurie Villamor, Jake Fussell, Reid Loveless, Dylan Smeyne, Jack Philp, Abid Shaikh, Vinoth Sittaramane, “Discovery of Quinoline-Derived Trifluoromethyl Alcohols as Antiepileptic and Analgesic Agents That Block Sodium Channels.” ChemMedChem, 2022, 17, e202100547.
- Dylan Smeyne, Katherine Verboom, Maria Bryan, James LoBue, Abid Shaikh, “Electrochemical Esterification via Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes and Alcohols.” Tetrahedron Letters, 2021, 68, 15174.
- Sean Spurlin, Mark Blocker, James LoBue, Ji Wu, Clifford Padgett, Abid Shaikh, “Regioselective Electrolytic 5,8-Difluorination of Quinolines.” Tetrahedron Letters, 2020, 61, 151474.
Funding
Current Grants
- College Office of Undergraduate Research COUR Award, (Mentor), 2025-2026, $3000.
Previous Grants
- Organic Syntheses, PUI, (PI, mentor), Sulfinamide as sacrificial chiral auxiliary for the enantioselective amination of α-diazo esters, 2022-2024, $16,000
Research Projects
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News
- Former undergraduate student Kate Verboom, currently pursuing PhD at UT Austin, TX.
- Former MS student Ayobami Adisa, pursuing PhD
Research Group
Undergraduate Students
- Patrick Bernard
- Dakari Coachman
- Saniya Pathan