Multiple Theranostic Nanoparticles, Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, Magnetic Nanoparticles, MRI contrasts, X-Ray CT contrasts, NIR-Laser PTT agents, Magnetic and Microwave Hyperthermia Agents, Cellular Imaging Agents, Anticancer Nanomedicine
Multistep Synthesis, Total Synthesis, Solid Phase Synthesis, Combinatorial Library, Cyclic Peptides Synthesis, Organic Functionalization of Nanoparticles, Polymer Coating
Selected Publications
Microwave-Induced Chemotoxicity of Polydopamine Coated Magnetic Nanocubes, K. Julfakyan, Y. Fatieiev, S. Alsaiari, L.Deng, .A Ezzeddine, D. Zhang, V.M. Rotello and N. M. Khashab, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2015, 16, 18283-18292
Enzymatically Degradable Bridged Polysilsesquioxane Nanoparticles, Y. D. Fatieiev, J. Croissant, K. Julfakyan, L. Deng, D.H. Anjum, A. Gurinov and N. M. Khashab: Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 15046-15050
Applications of Nanodiamonds in Drug Delivery and Catalysis B. Moosa, K. Fhayli, S. Li, K.Julfakyan, A. Ezzeddine and N. M. Khashab: J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, 2013, 14, 332-343
Total Synthesis of Malformin C, an Inhibitor of Bleomycin-Induced G2 Arrest" Y. Kojima, T. Sunazuka, K. Nagai, K. Julfakyan, T. Fukuda, H. Tomoda, S. Omura: The Journal of Antibiotics, 2008, 5, 297-302
Kinetics of Some Vegetable Oils Oxidation by Molecular Oxygen, A. Khachatryan, N. Beylerian, K. Julfakyan, E. Hovyan, J. Nalbandian: IT&M Chemistry, 2003, 3-2, 202-206
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal, KSA (expected graduation, December 2015)
Candidate of Chemical Sciences (ABD), Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry, Scientific - Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia,2008
Master of Sciences in Chemistry, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004
Bachelor of Sciences in Chemistry, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2002
Professional Profile
Research Scientist. Responsibilities - design, synthesis, structure-activity relationship study of novel nootropic commercialization. Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2009-2011
Invited Researcher. Responsibilities - synthetic organic chemistry of natural products, total synthesis of malformin C (cyclic pentapeptide, bleomycin induced G2 checkpoint inhibitor of cancer cells), solid phase synthesis (encoded “teabug”
method), combinatorial parallel Synthesis. Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan, 2006-2007
Researcher. Responsibilities - anticancer synthetic medicinal mhemistry, the synthesis and modification of pyrimidines and C-nucleosides, heterocyclic compounds synthesis and modification. Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry, Scientific - Technological
Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia, 2008
Laboratory Assistant/Chemist. Responsibilities - microbial and analytical chemistry, chemical support for biotechnological processes. Center of Microbiology and Microbial Depository of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Abovyan, Armenia
Scientific and Professional Membership
Member of American Chemical Society
Awards
2nd Place Winner of Best Poster Award in Advances in Functional Materials - 2015 Conference in New York, USA, 2 Jul, 2015
KAUST Full Scholarship – 2011
Kitasato Medal - Tokyo, Japan - 2007
Kitasato Research Exchange Scholarship, Tokyo, Japan – 2006
