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United States

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Scientific writer with 15+ years experience in manuscripts and grants

Profile Summary

I have a PhD in chemistry with experience in biology and biomedicine from my postdoctoral research. I began my career in inorganic chemistry for my BS and MS degrees, synthesizing and characterizing metal-oxo clusters called polyoxometalates. Adopting a different direction for my PhD, I designed and engineered metalloproteins to elucidate the metal's role in metalloprotein function. My postdoctoral work progressed into a more biological arena, for which I synthesized and tested drug candidates for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Finally, during my latest position, I conducted research in cancer biology, studying genetic and epigenetic subtypes of glioma. I continue to publish regularly and stay up-to-date with the literature. Since launching full time into writing, I have broadened my experience in neurology, including diabetic neuropathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. My experience and interests are broad so I am extremely versatile and I can work with confidence on a spectrum of projects. I now write and consult full time, preparing and editing grants and manuscripts and various science material.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Founder

SciGency

January 2017 - Present

Research Laboratory Specialist Associate

University of Michigan

April 2015 - December 2016

Post Doctoral Researcher

University of Michigan

June 2012 - March 2015

Lecturer and Researcher

Michigan State University

January 2011 - May 2012

Associate Professor

Michigan State University, Dubai Campus

August 2008 - June 2010

Lecturer

American University of Sharjah

January 2009 - May 2009

Laboratory Assistant

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

August 2003 - May 2004

Laboratory Instructor

American University of Sharjah

September 2002 - June 2003

Laboratory Instructor

American University of Beirut

September 2000 - June 2002

Education

MS (Department of Chemistry)

American University of Beirut

September 2000 - June 2002

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). Stem cell treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a critical overview of early phase trials . Expert opinion on investigational drugs.

(2019). IDH1-R132H acts as a tumor suppressor in glioma via epigenetic up-regulation of the DNA damage response . Science Translational Medicine.

(2018). Development of Multifunctional Molecules as Potential Therapeutic Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Last Decade . Chemical reviews.

(2017). Correction to Thiolate Spin Population of Type I Copper in Azurin Derived from 33S Hyperfine Coupling . Inorganic chemistry.

Ramirez Cohen M, Mendelman N, Radoul M, Wilson TD, Savelieff MG, Zimmermann H, Kaminker I, Feintuch A, Lu Y, Goldfarb D, Inorganic chemistry, 2017, 2017 .

Lee SJ, Nam E, Lee HJ, Savelieff MG, Lim MH, Chemical Society reviews, 2017, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 310-323, 2017 .

Zhou W, Chang J, Wang X, Savelieff MG, Zhao Y, Ke S, Ye B, Current biology : CB, 2014, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1227-1233, 2014 .

Savelieff MG, Liu Y, Senthamarai RR, Korshavn KJ, Lee HJ, Ramamoorthy A, Lim MH, Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 2014, vol. 50, no. 40, pp. 5301-5303, 2014 .

Kaminker I, Wilson TD, Savelieff MG, Hovav Y, Zimmermann H, Lu Y, Goldfarb D, Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997), 2014, vol. 240, pp. 77-89, 2014 .

Lee S, Zheng X, Krishnamoorthy J, Savelieff MG, Park HM, Brender JR, Kim JH, Derrick JS, Kochi A, Lee HJ, Kim C, Ramamoorthy A, Bowers MT, Lim MH, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 299-310, 2014 .

Savelieff MG, Lee S, Liu Y, Lim MH, ACS chemical biology, 2013, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 856-865, 2013 .

Wilson TD, Savelieff MG, Nilges MJ, Marshall NM, Lu Y, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, vol. 133, no. 51, pp. 20778-20792, 2011 .

Savelieff MG, Wilson TD, Elias Y, Nilges MJ, Garner DK, Lu Y, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008, vol. 105, no. 23, pp. 7919-7924, 2008 .

Garner DK, Vaughan MD, Hwang HJ, Savelieff MG, Berry SM, Honek JF, Lu Y, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, vol. 128, no. 49, pp. 15608-15617, 2006 .

Kortz U, Savelieff MG, Ghali FY, Khalil LM, Maalouf SA, Sinno DI, Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2002, vol. 41, no. 21, pp. 4070-4073, 2002 .

Kortz U, Savelieff MG, Bassil BS, Keita B, Nadjo L, Inorganic chemistry, 2002, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 783-789, 2002 .

Kortz U, Savelieff MG, Bassil BS, Dickman MH, Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2001, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 3384-3386, 2001 .

Kortz U, Al-Kassem NK, Savelieff MG, Al Kadi NA, Sadakane M, Inorganic chemistry, 2001, vol. 40, no. 18, pp. 4742-4749, 2001 .

BOOK CHAPTER

(2019). Disorders of mitochondrial dynamics in peripheral neuropathy: Clues from hereditary neuropathy and diabetes . International Review of Neurobiology.