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Fnu Ibtisam

Degree Program: Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry
Anticipated Graduation: 2020
Advisor: Alexei Kisselev
Email: izi0001@auburn.edu

Bio

Education:

B.Sc., Pharmaceutical Science - University of Sumatera Utara, 2005
Professional Apothecary Programme - University of Sumatera Utara, 2007
M.Sc., Public Health (Human Nutrition) - Ghent University, 2014

Research Areas:

Molecular and Chemical Biology
Development of activity based-probe peptidomimetic

Fnu Ibtisam (Ibby) is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with an emphasis in Medicinal Chemistry in the Harrison School of Pharmacy's Department Drug Discovery and Development. She completed her Ph.D. candidacy in September 2019. Currently, she is conducting her research under the direction of Dr. Alexei Kisselev (primary advisor) and Dr. Forest Smith (co-advisor) with financial support from the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Scholarship (LPDP – RI). Her research focuses on Targeting DNA-damage inducible I homolog (II), an aspartic type protease for the development of an anti-cancer drug.

Last Updated: December 12, 2022