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Shogo Mori

Assistant Professor

Shogo Mori

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Administration
Department of The »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ 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

  • (706) 446-1217
  • GE 3022

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, General Texas A&M University, 2015

  • BS, Chemistry, General Jacksonville State University, 2008

Awards & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Award »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ, 2024

  • NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 2023

  • JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship (Declined) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020

  • Travel Awards for Active Members American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2019

  • Long Term Visit Fellowship Yamada Science Foundation, 2018

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • CURS 2990

    Undergrad Research I

  • CURS 3990

    Undergrad Research II

  • CHEM 3990

    Undergraduate Research

  • CHEM 6990

    Masters Research

  • CHEM 3411

    Organic Chemistry I

  • CHEM 6980

    Research Proposal Development

  • 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

  • Search Committee for the manager of the Chemical and Biomoleuclar Analysis Facility 2023 - 2024

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Applied Sciences 2024 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Antibiotics 2023 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Journal of Fingi 2023 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Pharmaceuticals 2022 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Pathogens 2021 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer