Magid Abou-Gharbia

Magid Abou-Gharbia was born in Cairo, Egypt. He completed his B.S. in pharmacy in 1971 and his M.S. in pharmaceutical sciences in 1974 at School of Pharmacy, [[Cairo University]]. In 1979, he completed a Ph.D. in Organic chemistry from [[University of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia. He was a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Temple University, School of Pharmacy and College of Science & Technology from 1979 – 1982.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2013-07-03 |title=Local Experts Weigh In On Ousting Of Egyptian President - CBS Philadelphia |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/local-expert-weighs-in-on-ousting-of-egyptian-president/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Magid Abou-Gharbia was born in Cairo, Egypt. He completed his B.S. in pharmacy in 1971 and his M.S. in pharmaceutical sciences in 1974 at School of Pharmacy, [[Cairo University]]. In 1979, he completed a Ph.D. in Organic chemistry from [[University of Pennsylvania]], Philadelphia. He was a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Temple University, School of Pharmacy and College of Science & Technology from 1979 – 1982.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2013-07-03 |title=Local Experts Weigh In On Ousting Of Egyptian President - CBS Philadelphia |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/local-expert-weighs-in-on-ousting-of-egyptian-president/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Academic career ==

== Industrial and academic career ==

Abou-Gharbia spent 26 years at [[Wyeth]] (now part of Pfizer) as senior vice president and head of chemical and screening sciences. After that he became the Laura H. Carnell Professor and founding director of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research<ref name=":2" /> focusing in collaborative research efforts for the development of small molecule therapeutics for diseases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magid Abou-Gharbia |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i44/Magid-Abou-Gharbia.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |language=en}}</ref>

Abou-Gharbia spent 26 years at [[Wyeth]] (now part of Pfizer) as senior vice president and head of chemical and screening sciences. After that he became the Laura H. Carnell Professor and founding director of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research<ref name=":2" /> focusing in collaborative research efforts for the development of small molecule therapeutics for diseases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magid Abou-Gharbia |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/88/i44/Magid-Abou-Gharbia.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |language=en}}</ref>

* Prolific Inventor of the Decade (1998) <ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Magid Abou-gharbia Receives N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Award, Carb Honors Three for Research |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/82/i27/AWARDS.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |language=en}}</ref>

* Prolific Inventor of the Decade (1998) <ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Magid Abou-gharbia Receives N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Award, Carb Honors Three for Research |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/82/i27/AWARDS.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chemical & Engineering News |language=en}}</ref>

* ACS-Philadelphia Section Award (1997) <ref name=":5" />

* ACS-Philadelphia Section Award (1997) <ref name=":5" />

* [[Wyeth-Ayerst]] Exceptional Achievement Award (1992) <ref name=":4" />

* Wyeth Exceptional Achievement Award (1992) <ref name=":4" />

* Valedictorian Award (1967–71) <ref name=":3" />

* Valedictorian Award (1967–71) <ref name=":3" />