Abraham Abbey PAUL

Abraham A. Paul is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biotechnology Engineering at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, and a Scientific Reviewer at the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research endeavors entail the exploration of alginate-based composite hydrogels in biotechnology applications. Using different chemistries, Abraham seeks to introduce exciting features (such as additional reactivities, electrical conductivities, and magnetic responsiveness) to biopolymer, making it amenable for multiple biofunctionalizations in developing biosensors. Abraham has thus continued to work on the hydrogel-based biosensor for detecting biomarkers (enzymes) of diagnostic importance and concurrently worked on the extrusion-based 3D printing of electroconductive hydrogel. Abraham Paul obtained a bachelor’s (First Class Honours) and master’s (Distinction) degrees in Biochemistry from the Kaduna State University and the Obafemi Awolowo University in 2015 and 2019, respectively, in Nigeria. After that, he proceeded to Israel to begin his PhD journey in 2020. This early career researcher has nine (12) scientific publications to his credit and preparing a few more manuscripts. In the past, Abraham has worked extensively on exploring bioactive compounds from plant and marine sources, where he screened for potent peptide inhibitors of angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) from two species of marine mollusks. Additionally, he screened solvent fractions of Nigerian medicinal plants for antimalarial, antioxidant, antitrypanosomal, and immunomodulatory activities. This self-motivated doctoral student looks forward to pursuing a research career in the multi-functionalization of nanogel for in vivo imaging and theranostics.