Faculty Profile for Dr. Tomisin Ogunwa
Dr. Tomisin Ogunwa
Lecturer — Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 238
phone: (512) 245-2156
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan 2019M.S. Biochemistry (Merit), University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria 2015
B.S. (Hons) Biochemistry (Distinction), Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria 2010
Post Doc Soka University, Japan 2021
Post Doc Texas State University 2024
Teaching Interests
General ChemistryBiochemistry
Research methodology
Research Interests
MetallobiochemistryProtein structure, dynamics and interaction
Cancer research (Drug design and development)
Natural product research
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Salihu, A. S., Salleh, W. M., & Ogunwa, T. H. (2023). Chemical composition, acetylcholinesterase inhibition and molecular docking studies of essential oil from Knema hookeriana Warb. (Myristicaceae). Natural Product Research, (e23179), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2023.2184359
- Ebokaiwe, A. P., Ushang, O. R., Ogunwa, T. H., Kikiowo, B., & Olusanya, O. (2022). Quercetin attenuates cyclophosphamide induced‐immunosuppressive indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of male Wister rats. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 36(e23179.). https://doi.org/10.1002/jbt.23179
- Alrazi, I. M., Ogunwa, T. H., Kolawole, A. O., Elekofehinti, O. O., Omotuyi, O. I., Miyanishi, T., & Maruta, S. (2021). Kolaflavanone, a biflavonoid derived from medicinal plant Garcinia, is an inhibitor of mitotic kinesin Eg5. The Journal of Biochemistry, 170(5), 611–622. https://doi.org/10.1093/jb/mvab083
- Wan Salleh, W. M., & Ogunwa, T. H. (2019). Insights into the inhibitory mechanism and molecular interaction of novel alkaloids from Beilschmiedia glabra with lipoxygenase and acetylcholinesterase. Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, 18(08), 1950038. https://doi.org/10.1142/s021963361950038x
- Ogunwa, T. H., Fasimoye, R. Y., & Adeyelu, T. T. (2019). Studies on the interaction mechanisms of Garcinia kolaviron constituents with selected diabetes and neurodegenerative disease targets. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, 10(3), 221–234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42485-019-00021-x