Waleed Danho PhD

Dr. Danho completed his Ph.D. in 1967 at the University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany in the laboratories of Professor Dr. mult. Helmut Zahn. He went on to do post doctoral training at the Hormone Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco in the laboratories of Professor Dr. Choh Hao Li. His research interests are in drug discovery of peptide-based drugs, peptide mimetics, and conformationally restricted peptides.

Dr. Danho also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Biochemistry (1996-Present). He is reviewer for the Journal of Peptide Research, QSAR and Combinatorial Science, as well as for the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry; he is a member of the editorial board of The International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics.

Dr. Danho authored and co-authored over 250 scientific articles and 21 patents in the field of peptides. He has presented and chaired various sections of the American, European and International Peptide Symposia since 1972. He is the winner of the Wilhelm Borchers Medal (1968) of The University of Aachen for Summa cum laude in the PhD Program. In 2009 Dr. Danho was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the North Jersey section of the American Chemical Society.