CHELSEA, AL, May 10, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ — Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Ahmed Fouad Abdel-Magid, PhD, with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Dr. Abdel-Magid celebrates many years’ experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Born in Egypt, Dr. Abdel-Magid pursued an education at Cairo University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and applied chemistry in 1969 and Master of Science in organic chemistry in 1973. He started his professional career as an Instructor then as an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry – Faculty of Science at Cairo University (1969-1976). He relocated to the USA in 1976 and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in organic chemistry from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1980.

After two postdoctoral appointments at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (1981-82) and SmithKline Beckman Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA (1983-85), he joined Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) as a Teaching/Research Associate (1985-1986) then remained as Adjunct Professor (1986-2006).

He started his industrial career at the Process Chemistry Department of Wyeth Laboratories as Senior Chemist (1986-1987). He then joined the Process Chemistry Group at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development in 1987. He served as a Senior Scientist (1988-1990), Principal Scientist (1991-1994) and Research Fellow (1995-1997). In 1998 he was promoted to Senior Research Fellow and held this title until 2008. During which time (2003-2004) he also accepted the added responsibility of Acting Director of Chemical Development. Thru this tenure, he served on Johnson & Johnson’s innovation team, scientific ladder committee, and several achievement awards committees.

Reaching the pinnacle of his career in 2009, Dr. Abdel-Magid has been representing Therachem Research Medilab, LLC in Jaipur, India and Chelsea, Alabama, USA as the Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. A full-service organization, Therachem notably provides an array of services to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide.

Among his other roles, Dr. Abdel-Magid currently serves as a Chemistry Consultant for Venthera Inc., a BridgeBio Company (2018-present).

Dr. Abdel-Magid’s career has been focused on chemical process research, application of hydride reductions in organic synthesis, teaching, and active service to the chemistry community.

His process chemistry career spanned more than 33 years, during which, he contributed to the development of many processes including several commercial manufacturing processes for marketed drugs. He is the inventor of 28 issued patents and two pending applications, editor of9 books and author of40 publications in various peer reviewed journals.

In addition, he contributed 145 patent highlights at the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, presented nearly a dozen invited lecturers and 19 abstracts. He also organized over 100 symposia in national and international meetings.

He contributed to the field of hydride reductions in organic synthesis particularly the reduction of imines. He is renowned for his development of the frequently used and vastly cited procedure for the reductive amination of aldehydes and ketones by using sodium triacetoxyborohydride.

Teaching has been an important part of his professional career. He taught at Cairo University for nearly six years and at Temple University as a Teaching Assistant. He also taught several undergraduate organic chemistry courses as an Adjunct Professor in the Chemistry Department of Drexel University for nearly 20 years.

Dr. Abdel-Magid has been interested in active participation and service to the scientific community. Since 1977, he was an active member of the Philadelphia Organic Chemist’s Club (POCC) and the American Chemical Society (ACS). He served in multiple executive roles at the POCC including Chair in 1994. At the ACS, he was the first industrial scientist to serve as the Executive Officer and Chair of the National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS) when he organized the 39th symposium during 2003-2005. The symposium was held at the University of Utah in June 2005. He also served as the National Program Chair for the Division of Organic Chemistry from 2009 to 2014 and twice as a member of the Division of Organic Chemistry’s Executive Committee (2003 to 2005 and 2009 to 2014). He is currently serving as a Patent Panelist for ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2012-Present).

Celebrated for his years of achievement, Dr. Abdel-Magid accepted several awards from Johnson & Johnson, including three Achievement Awards between 1991 and 1999 and the Philip B. Hoffman Research Award in 1994. He was also honored with an Award for Outstanding Contributions to Organic Chemistry in 2007 from the POCC. In 2009, he was elected to the inaugural class of the Fellows of the American Chemical Society. Moreover, Dr. Abdel-Magid was presented with the Conspicuous Achievement through Research Award in 2013 from the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society.

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