Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal
Name :
Date of Birth :
Sex:
Status:
Nationality:
Hicham Hussein Khodr
6 February 1963
Male
Married
British
Home Address:
69 Millet Road
Greenford, Middlesex,
London UB6 9SH, UK
.
Email hicham_khodr@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.hichamkhodr.synthasite.com/
Temporary Address :
C/O Mrs Noha Khodr,
Aljazeera Channel,
PO Box 23123,
Doh, Qatar.
Tel +97455927283
2. Education
1980 - 1981: Mathelene
Kalmoon, North Lebanon, Lebanon
1981 - 1985: BSc. Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Mousel, Mousel, Iraq.
1986 - 1987 : MSc. In Chemical Spectroscopy
Thesis title : 31P NMR studies of phosphorus containing biomolecules
(Superviser Prof. G. R. Moore)
School of Chemical Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
1988 - 1992: Ph.D.
Thesis title : 1H and 31P NMR studies of small molecules and their interaction with
proteins. (Superviser Prof. G. R. Moore)
School of Chemical Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
3. Work Experience
1993 – 2003:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Research Topic (physical-chemical characterization of metal chelators).
Pharmacy Department,
King’s College London.
2003-2005: Senior Scientist at MedPharm Company, King’s College London:
Research involved : physical-chemical characteristion of therapeutic
ligands and drug formulations for different delivery systems.
November, 2006: Presenting my research interest at Qatar University, Chemistry
Department.
2006 – 2007 : A visiting Staff, CSIRO, Sydney Australia.
2008 – to present : Self employed, and project development and design in
collaboration with the Imperial College London, Department of
Material Sciences and University of West Sydney, Australia.
2012- up to present : A visiting Professor, and Teaching Assistant Chemistry College of
Art and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
4. Professional Membership
1986-1992 Member of the royal society of Chemistry.
1988 – 1995 Member of Inorganic Biology Discussion Group (ibdg)
5. Languages
English, French and Arabic (Written and Spoken).
6. Professional Experience
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Since completing my Ph.D. I have been involved, in the application of computers
to develop a fully automated system to characterize ligands by measuring the
ionization constants (pKa), affinity constants () with a range of metals and
partition coefficients (Kpart). This automated system I designed has been
developed to simultaneously obtain the spectrophotometric and potentiometric
titration data as well as the kinetic data, where over this period of time, I have
been focusing on the development and designing of novel compounds for metal
chelation therapy.
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During my Ph.D. and MSc. programme, I was involved in the application of spectroscopy
techniques and in particular NMR for characterising and identifying compounds under
investigation in solid and in solution state. In addition, I have developed software to
simulate solid state NMR spectra. Furthermore, I used the solid state NMR technique to
investigate the polymorphism of the lyophilized form of phosphorus compounds.
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I have extensive experience with molecular modeling, particularly the
HyperChem software release 2 for Silicon Graphics. Interested in molecular
graphics (MD, MM) for understanding size and physical properties of drug
delivery systems. Furthermore, I gained a considerable experience in HPLC,
Drugs Formulations, TGA and DSC.
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I have a considerable interest in solar energy by designing, optimizing and
physico chemical characterization of novel active compounds as well as
molecular modeling.
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Academic supervision
o Joint supervision of Ph.D. and M.Sc. Students.
o 1993-1996 Lotfollah Dehkordi PhD;
o 1994 - 1997 Majed Moridani PhD;
o 1995 - 1998 Zu Dong Liu PhD;
o 1997-1998 Karen Pleban (Vienna) M.Pharm; Ruth Michaelis (Frankfurt)
M.Pharm.
o 1998-2000 Lubna Baydoun PhD; Feluke Fakorede PhD.; Sirivipa Piyamongkol
PhD; Mutlu Aytemir ( Istanbul) Ph.D.
o 1999 - 2000 Contract work for Strakan involving the physical chemistry of zinc
clindamycin phosphate complexes.
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Teaching experience
I would be interested to lecture subjects related to physical-chemical
properties of organic molecules as prodrugs and their relative
stabilities(oxidation, hydrolysis, side interaction). I will undertake a
teaching responsibility in the area of physical and inorganic chemistry in
particular spectroscopy techniques and numerical recipe. Furthermore, I
have a considerable interest in teaching pharmaceutical chemistry covering
the subjects of drug delivery, medicinal chemistry, analytical sciences,
formulations and drug charaterisations.
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Computing experience
o Computer programming using various languages including (Basic, Visual Basic,
o FORTRAN, Pascal).
7. Publications
1. H. H Khodr, G R Moore, A J Strike and D Williamson, ‘Solid-State and Solution-State 31P
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Heamoglobin-Inositol Hexaphosphate,
Biomedical Society Transactions, 16, 839-840, (1988).
2. S. Singh, H. Khodr, M. I. Taylor and R. C. Hider, “Therapeutic iron chelators and their
potential side-effects”, Biochem. Soc. Symp. 61, 127 - 137, (1995).
3. Anne-Kathrin Duhme, Robert C. Hider & Hicham Khodr, “Spectrophotometric Competition
Study between Molybdate and Fe(III) Hydroxide on N,N’-bis(2,3-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-Llysine, a naturally occuring siderophore synthesized by Azotobacter vinelandii”, Biometals,
9, 245-248, (1996).
4. G. Paganga, H. Al-Hashim, H. Khodr, B. C. Scott, O. I. Aruoma, R. C. Hider, B. Halliwell,
C. A. Rice-Evans, “Mechanisms of Antioxidant Activities of Quercitin and Catechin”, Redox
Report, 6, 359-364, (1996).
5. Anne-Kathrin Duhme, Robert C. Hider & Hicham Hussein Khodr, “Synthesis and ironbinding properties of protochelin, the tris(catecholamide) siderophore of Azotobacter
vinelandii”, Chem. Ber., 130, 969 - 973 (1997).
6. Reem Kayyali, Ananth Sekher Pannala, Hicham Khodr, Robert C Hider, “Comparative
radical scavenging ability of bidendate iron(III) chelators, Biochem. Pharmacol. 55, 1327 –
1332, (1998).
7. Bijaya L Ray, Lotfullah S Dehkordi, Hicham Khodr, Yi Jin, Zudong Liu and Robert C
Hider “ Synthesis, Physical Chemical Properties and Evaluation of N-Substituted 2-Alkyl-3
Hydroxy 4(1H) -Pyridinones”, J. Med. Chem. 41, 3347 – 3359, (1998) .
8. Jonathan E Brown, Hicham Khodr, Robert C Hider and Catherine A Rice-Evans,
“Structural-Dependence of Flavonoid Interactions with Copper Ions: Implications for their
Antioxidant Properties”, Biochemical Journal, 330, 1173 – 1178, (1998).
9. Hider R. C., Khodr H.H, Zu-Dong Liu & Tilbrook G., “Optimization of pFe3+ values of
Iron(III) ligands with clinical potential”, Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, 5, 51-57,
1998.
10. Bijaya L. Rai, Hicham Khodr and Robert Hider, “Synthesis, Physico-Chemical and
Iron(III)-Chelating properties of Novel Hexadentate 3-Hydroxy-2(1H)pyridinone Ligands”,
Tetrahedron 55, 1129 - 1142, (1999).
11. Zu D. Liu, Hicham H. Khodr, Ding Y. Liu, Shu L. Lu and Robert C Hider, “Synthesis,
physicochemical characterisation and biological evaluation of 2-(1’-hydroxyalkyl)-3hydroxypyridin-4-ones: Novel iron chelators with enhanced pFe3+ values”, J. Med. Chem. 42,
4814-4823, (1999).
12. Mark D. Hadgood, Zu Don Liu, Lotfollah S. Dehkordi, Hicham H. Khodr, Joan Abbott and
Robert C. Hider, "Investigating in the correlation between the structure of
hydroxypyridinones and blood-brain barrier permeability", Biochemical Pharmacology, 57,
1305 - 1310, (1999).
13. Nicolaus von Wiren, Suhkbinder Klair, Suhkibar Bansal, Jean-Francois Briat, Hicham
Khodr, Takayuki Shioiri, Roger A. Leigh and Robert C. Hider, " Nicotianamine chelates
both FeIII and FeII. Implications for metals transport in plants", Plant Physiology, 119, 11071114, (1999).
14. Zu D. Liu, Hicham H. Khodr, Shu L. Lu and Robert C Hider, “Design, synthesis and
evaluation of N-Basic Subsitituted 3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones: Orally active iron chelators
with lysosomotrophic potential”, J. Pharm. Parmacol. 52, 263-272, (2000.)
15. Robert C. Hider, Zu D. Liu and Hicham H. Khodr, ”Metal chelation of polyphenols”,
Methods in Enzymology, 335, 191-203, (2001).
16. R. C. Hider and H. Khodr, "Aqueous iron chelation chemistry relevant to plant mineral
nutrition", Plant and Soil, 2001 (in press).
17. Zu D. Liu, S. Piyamongkol, Ding Y. Liu, Hicham H. Khodr, Shu L. Lu and Robert C Hider,
"Synthesis of 2-amido-3-hydroxypyridin-4(1H)-ones: Novel iron chelators with enhanced
pFe3+ values", Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 9, 563-573 (2001).
18. Majid Y. Moridani, Gary S. Tilbrook, Hicham H. Khodr and Robert C. Hider, " Synthesis
and physico-chemical assessment of novel 2-substituted-3-hydroxypyridin-4-ones, novel iron
chelators.", Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2001.
19. Nicolaus von Wiren, Hicham Khodr and Robert C. Hider, "Hydroxylated phytosiderophore
species possess an enhanced chelating efficiency and affinity for iron(III).", Plant Physiology
124, 1149-1157, 2000.
20. Ben Forbes, Hicham Khodr, Alison Lansley, “Differences in 2-agonist transport
across bronchial and gastrointestinal cell culture drug absorption models ”,
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, in preparation.
21. Zu D. Liu, Ruth Michaelis, Sue Moody-Haupt, Hava Glickstein, Hicham H. Khodr,
Ioav Z. Cabantchik, Robert C. Hider, " Basic 3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones as Novel
Antimalarials", Journal of Clinical Virology, 16, 89, (2000).
22. H. H. Khodr, R. C. Hider and A.-K Duhme-Klair, “The iron-binding properties of
aminochelin, the mono(catecholamide) siderophore of Azotobacter vinelandii”, J
Biol. Inorg. Chem.7, 891-896 (2002).
23. Etsuro Yoshimura, Zu Dong Liu, Hicham Khodr and Robert C. Hider, “Purity of
Commercial morin products and their spectrophotometric chrarcterisation”, The
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, 51, 979-982 (2002).
24. Elizabeth A Lewis, Hicham H. Khodr, Robert C. Hider John R. Lindsay Smith and
Paul H. Walton, “A manganese superoxide dismutase mimic based on cis, cis-1,3,4triaminocyclohexane”, Dalton Trans, 187, 187-188 (2004). And “Novel enzyme
mimic could be used to help treat inflammatory diseases, Taking the danger out of
breathing”, Chemistry World”, 1, 15, (2004).
25. Robert C. Hider, Etsuro Yoshimura, Hicham Khodr and Nicolaus von Wiren”
Competition or complementation: the iron-chelating abilities of nicotianamine and
phytosiderophores”, New Phytologist, Letter ,164, 204-208, (2004).
26. Sirivipa Piyamongkol, Tao Zhou, Zu D. Liu, Hicham H. Khodr and Robert C. Hider,
“Design and characterization of novel hexadentate 3-hydroxypyridin-4-one ligands”,
Tetrahedron Letters, 46, 1333-1336, (2005).
27. Reem Kayyali, Patricia Evans, Catherine J. Waterfield, Hicham Khodr, Hendrik
Neubert, Lakshmi D. Devanur and Robert C. Hider “The Fenton-like activity of
iron(III) in the presence of 3-hydroxy- pyridin-4-ones and its effect on intracellular
glutathione levels”, For Submission to Biochemical Pharmacology.
28. Bülent E. Erenoglu , Hemanta K. Patra , Hicham Khodr, Volker Römheld , Nicolaus
von Wirén,” Uptake and apoplastic retention of EDTA and phytosiderophore-chelated
chromium(III) in maize” Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science - J PLANT
NUTR SOIL SCI. 01/2007; 170(6):788-795.
29. Bijaya L. Rai, Hicham Khodr, Robert C. Hider ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis,
PhysicoChemical and Iron(III)-Chelating Properties of Novel Hexadentate
3Hydroxy2(1H)pyridinone Ligands. 01/2010; 30(22).
8. Conferences presentations
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H Khodr, F Kadir & G R Moore, “Chemical and spectroscopic analysis of ferritin and
bacterioferritin, Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Groups (IBDG), University of East
Anglia, Norwich, 1990
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H Khodr & G R Moore “NMR studies of the transport of small molecules across the protein
shell of ferritin, Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Groups (IBDG), University of East
Anglia, Norwich, 1990.
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G S Tilbrook, H H Khodr, P D Taylor and R C Hider “The Study of the Physical Properties
of Hexadentate and Bidentate Ligands as Potential Therapeutic Iron Chelating Agents”,
LogP an International Symposium on Lipophilicity in Drug Research and Toxicology,
Lausanne, March, 1994.
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H Khodr, B Rai, L Dehkordi & R Hider, “ Physical-Chemical Characterization of Iron
Chelator”, European Iron Club, Hamburg, 1995.
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M Y Moridani, R C Hider & H Khodr,, “Synthesis and Evaluation of 3-Hydroxy-pyridin-4one (HPO) Chelators”, European Iron Club, Hamburg, 1995.
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Hicham H Khodr, Gary S Tilbrook, Robert C Hider, “The Development of an Automated
System for the Determination of Physico-Chemical Constants of Ionizable Species”, British
Pharmaceutical Conference, Scarborough, 1997.
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Khodr H. H., Tilbrook G. S. & Hider R. C., “The Methodology in Operating the Automated
System for Characterising the Physical Chemical Properties of Ligands and Metal
Complexes”, 5th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine,
Neuherberg/Munich, May, 1998.
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S. Piyamongkol, Z. D. Liu, H. Khodr and R. C. Hider, " Design of 3Hydroxypyridin-4-one Chelators with High pFe3+ Values, British Pharmaceutical
Conference, Eastbourne, 1998.
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Z. D. Liu, S. Piyamongkol, H. Khodr and R. C. Hider, " Design of 3Hydroxypyridin-4-one Chelators with High pFe3+ Values, The 2nd International
Conference on Thalassemia, China, 1998.
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Z. D. Liu, H. Khodr, S. L. Lu, D. Y. Liu and R. C. Hider, " 2-(1'-Hydroxyalkyl)-3Hydroxypyridin-4-one are Potent Iron Chelators, 9th International Conference on
Oral Chelation in the Treatment of Thalassemia and Other Diseases, Hamburg,
1999.
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R. C. Hider, Z. D. Liu, S. Piyamongkol, H. Khodr and D. Y. Liu, " 2-Acetamido-3Hydroxypyridin-4-ones: Novel Iron Chelators with Enhanced pFe3+ Values, 9th
International Conference on Oral Chelation in the Treatment of Thalassemia
and Other Diseases, Hamburg, 1999.
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R. C. Hider, Z. D. Liu, D. Y. Liu, H. Khodr and S. Piyamongkol, " The Design of
Non-Toxic Orally Active Iron Chelators.", World Congress on Iron Metabolism
BIOIRON'99, Sorrento, Italy, 1999.
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Zu D. Liu, Ruth Michaelis, Sue Moody-Haupt, Hava Glickstein, Hicham H. Khodr,
Ioav Z. Cabantchik, Robert C. Hider, " Basic 3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones as Novel
Antimalarials", Journal of Clinical Virology, 16, 89, (2000).
9. Hobbies
Football, Volleyball, Swimming, Skiing and Traveling
10. Referees
Dr.Tahir Nazir
Patheon UK Limited
Principal Scientist
Pharmaceutical
Development Services
Kingfisher Drive,
Covingham
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3
5BZ, England
Tel: + 44 (0)1793 501537
Fax: + 44 (0)1793 501010
Tahir.Nazir@Patheon.com
Prof. Jamshed Anwar,
Professor of Computational
Drug Delivery
University of Bradford,
Richmond Road, Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP,
UK.
Tel. +44 (0)1274 236145
Fax + 44 (0) 1274 234769
e.mail:
j.anwar@bradford.ac.uk
Dr Alex F. Drake
Senior Lecturer
Optical Spectroscopy
Pharmacy Department.
King’s College London,
Franklin-Wilkins Building
150 Stamford Street.
London SE1 9NN. (UK)
Tel. 020 7 848 4839
Fax 020 7 848 4800
e.mail:A.Drake@kcl.ac.uk