Shogo Mori
Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Administration
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The Graduate School
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
Bio
BS in Chemistry at Jacksonville State University, AL
PhD in Chemistry at Texas A&M University, TX
Postdoc in the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Kentucky, KY
Education
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Ph.D., Chemistry, GeneralTexas A&M University, 2015
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BS, Chemistry, GeneralJacksonville State University, 2008
Awards & Honors
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Excellence in Research AwardAugusta University, 2024
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NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15)National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 2023
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JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship (Declined)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020
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Travel Awards for Active MembersAmerican Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019
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Long Term Visit FellowshipYamada Science Foundation, 2018
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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CURS 2990
Undergrad Research I
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CURS 3990
Undergrad Research II
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CHEM 3990
Undergraduate Research
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CHEM 6990
Masters Research
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CHEM 3411
Organic Chemistry I
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CHEM 6980
Research Proposal Development
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CHEM 2990
Intro to Research
Teaching Interests
Organic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Natural Cyclic Peptides: Synthetic Strategies and Biomedical Applications, 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Characterization of HphA – the first enzyme in the enzymatic homologation pathway for L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Natural Products That Contain Higher Homologated Amino Acids, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Lessons learned in engineering interrupted adenylation domains when attempting to create trifunctinal enzymes from three independent monofunctional ones, 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Unimodular Methylation by Adenylation-Thiolation Domains Containing an Embedded Methyltransferase., 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Natural product discovery and biosynthesis
Department Service
Professional Service
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Applied Sciences2024 - Present
Role:Other
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Antibiotics2023 - Present
Role:Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Journal of Fingi2023 - Present
Role:Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Pharmaceuticals2022 - Present
Role:Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
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Pathogens2021 - Present
Role:Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
