Simon B. Blakey

Simon B. Blakey, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University and a member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at the Winship Cancer Institute. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2002 and postdoctoral training at Caltech (2005). His research focuses on developing synthetic methodologies for malaria treatment, particularly targeting malagashanine alkaloids.

Education:

• PhD in Chemistry, University of Cambridge (2002)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology (2005)

Research Interests: Dr. Blakey's work emphasizes synthetic chemistry for drug development, including radical reactions, photoredox catalysis, and medicinal applications. His lab designs methods to synthesize complex molecules with antimalarial potential and studies their mechanisms of action.

Awards:

• NSF Career Award (2010)
• Thieme Synlett/Synthesis Journal Award (2009)
• Lilly New Faculty Award (2009)
• Commonwealth Scholarship (2005)

His lab (Blakey Lab) explores catalytic strategies for organic synthesis and has published extensively on radical chemistry, peptide modification, and fluorine-containing compounds.