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Title

Associate Professor

Office Building

Avera Health and Science Center

Office

269

Mailing Address

Avera Health and Science 269
Pharmaceutical Sciences-Box 2202C
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Academic Interests

• Medicinal chemistry
• Drug design
• Synthetic organic chemistry
• Natural products

Academic Responsibilities

• Medicinal Chemistry I (PHA 340)
• Medicinal Chemistry II (PHA 341)

Patents

• Salvinorin Derivatives with Selective k-Opioid Receptor Affinity, Zjawiony, J. K., Fahmy, H.; Stewart, J.; Roth, B.: PCT Int. Appl. WO 2006012643, A2 20060202 (2006), C.A. 144, 164284 (2006)
• Cembranoids of Chemopreventive Activity. Zjawiony, J. K., Fahmy, H., Katsuyama, I., Khalifa, S., Konoshima, T.: PCT Int. Appl. WO 2003095404, A1 20031120 (2003), C.A. 139, 381637 (2003).

Areas of Research

• Design and synthesis of Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor antagonists
• Design and synthesis of T-/L-types calcium channel blockers
• Semi-synthetic natural products of medicinal interest
• Skin cancer chemoprevention
• Marine natural products of medicinal interest