Alexei Demchenko

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Professor Demchenko received his M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the D. I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Moscow (1988) and  his Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry from the N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (1993). He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Birmingham, (UK) and a research assistant at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia before joining the UMSL faculty in 2001. He was appointed Curators' Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2014.

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Fax: (314) 516-5342
Phone: (314) 516-7995 

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Education/Academic qualification

Carbohydrate Chemistry, BBSRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

19951998

Carbohydrate Chemistry, PhD, Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry

19881993

Chemical Engineering, Diploma, Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

19821988

Research Interests

  • Organic Synthesis
  • Carbohydrates
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Glycoconjugates
  • Synthetic Vaccines
  • Glycosylation
  • Automation
  • Synthesis of Compounds
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Spectroscopic Techniques: FTIR & Single Molecule Detection
  • Chromatography
  • Synthesis of Glycans
  • Glycopeptides, Glycols
  • Design of Antiviral & Anticancer Agents
  • Languages: Russian & English

Disciplines

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry