Abdulrahman M Elbagory
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Biography
Abdulrahman M Elbagory holds a MSc in Organic Chemistry from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 2015 in which he was awarded the National Research Foundation (NRF) fellowship. His Master’s study was about the chemical isolation and characterization of natural products from marine animals. His research included in vitro antiproliferation activity of the isolated secondary metabolites against cancerous cell lines and investigating their apoptosis properties. Currently, he is in third year of his PhD in the Department of Biotechnology (UWC), which is funded by the NRF and DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre. His PhD study is about the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles from plants and their anticancer and antibacterial evaluations. He has two publications as first author and one review as a co-author.