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PrintFrederick Khachik
Senior Research Scientist
Personal Data
Education
- B.Sc., Pars College, Tehran, Iran, 1974
- M.Sc., University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK, 1975
- Ph.D., University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK, 1978
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1979-1982
Professional Experience
- Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1983-1997
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, 1997-2009
- Senior Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests
Synthesis of carotenoids and their metabolites. Isolation and characterization of carotenoids and their metabolites from natural products and human serum/tissues. Bioavailability and metabolic studies with carotenoids in humans and animals. Antioxidant mechanism of action of carotenoids and their metabolites in disease prevention. Human and animal studies with carotenoids in the prevention of age-related macular degeneration.
Major Recognitions and Honors
- Scholarships from the Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (1975-1978), and Pahlavi Foundation (1970-1978).
- Outstanding invention of the year 2000 award in life sciences, University of Maryland, College Park; the invention entitled "A novel method for production of rare carotenoids from commercially available lutein."
- Collaboration success award from Council for Chemical Research, April 2005
- President, International Carotenoid Society, July 2008-2011
- Astellas USA Foundation Award from the American Chemical Society, November 2009
- Immediate past-president, International Carotenoid Society, July 2011-July 2014
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