Ryan Young Email & Phone Number

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

County Galway, Ireland

• Scientific Accomplishments
• At present, I am heading up the chemistry portion of a SFI funded (Science Foundation Ireland, €1.9 million) project looking for new bioactive metabolites from Irish deep-sea corals and sponges.
• The extraction, high throughput biological screening, bio-guided iterated purification and ultimately elucidation of the active metabolites.
• Metabolomic and statistical analysis of Antipatharia samples to incorporate into a model to map biodiversity, chemodiversity and phylogeography.
• Molecular modelling of chemical space of Cnidarian metabolite and FDA approved drugs. Leadership and Teaching Activities
• First year general chemistry (CH140 and CP102)

County Galway, Ireland

Galway

• Scientific Accomplishments
• Assistance in the development of a marine biodiscovery research group. Research such as isolation of diterpenoids from the Irish nudibranch Archidoris psuedoargus.
• Setting up and optimizing analytical instrumentation such as UPLC-QToF and HPLCs. Leadership and Teaching Activities
• Course on Natural Product Drug Discovery as part of their third year medicinal chemistry curriculum (CH332).
• Leading and planning research cruises and field collections.
• Supervision of fourth year and post graduate students in the field and laboratory.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Investigation of microbial community of the Palmerolide producing tunicate Synoicum aredaranum. Utilizing metabolomics, metagenomics and genomics we discovered that this medically relevant metabolite originated from.
• Evaluation of the antifeedant properties of the metabolites of the Antarctic sponge Dendrilla membranosa against the sympathetic predators Odontaster validus and Gondogeneia Antarctica. With the use of metabolomics we.
• Organising and implementing field actives in Palmer Station, Antarctica. This involved the setting up of the laboratory on station, dive planning and safety.
• Managing of the day to day scientific activities of the graduate students and undergraduates in the Baker laboratory.
• Supervision of fourth year honour student’s research projects.

tampa/st. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Scientific Accomplishments
• Development of an artificial trap for the vector of onchocercaisis which is currently being employed by the WHO and The Carter Centre in West Africa and Latin America.
• Investigation into the site specific secondary metabolite of the Antarctic red algae Plocamium cartilagineum. In addition the chemical ecology involved in the predation of this algae by amphipods. This studied was the.
• Biological Safety training for BSL2 pathogensLeadership Activities
• Leading field teams in Florida, Burkina Faso and Mexico in order to gather data and test vector traps.
• Dive team leader for several collection trips.

County Galway, Ireland

• Scientific Accomplishments
• Creation and management of a repository of marine macro and micro organisms.
• Development of a high throughput screening program of marine chemical extracts. Leadership Activities
• Management of research assistants and interns in the laboratory.
• Member of the MI Safety Committee
• Public engagement creating awareness about “harnessing our oceans wealth”

• Scientific Accomplishments
• Synthesis, purification and characterization of antiplasmodial diterpenes.
• After a high throughput screening programme to identify MRSA pyruvate kinase inhibitors, we were able to isolate and elucidate several alkaloids from a South African sponge. We established a synthetic route to these.
• Development of an assay for the evaluation of natural products to inhibit haem polymerization in the malaria parasite. We continued to screen a series of marine isonitriles and proved for the first time that the potent.
• During my PhD I was employed to manage the laboratory. This involved the administration and ordering of lab supplies and maintenance of equipment.
• Chemistry 1R (remedial stream) lectures.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemistry

Post Doctoral Research, Natural Products Chemistry And Pharmacognosy

Post Doctoral Research, Analytical Chemistry