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Aaron Mood, PhD

Program Director, Biochemistry
Associate Professor, Chemistry
864.977.2056
aaron.mood@ngu.edu
Unit: College of Humanities and Sciences, Physical Science, School of Sciences and Math, Biochemistry
Location: Tigerville

  • Teaching & Education

    Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
    Biola University
    La Mirada, California
    2014

    Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry
    University of California at Irvine
    Irvine, California
    2019

  • Selected Publications
    • Van Vranken, D. L.; Liu, H.; Premachandra, I. D. U. A.; Wang, F.-Q.; Chen, C.; Scott, K. A.; Lane, S. R.-A.; Mood, A. D.; Hiew, S. C. US Application No. 62/175,202: “Spiroindolinones and Therapeutic Uses Thereof”, filed on 12 June 2016.
    • Mood, A. D.; Premachandra, I. D. U. A.; Hiew, S.; Wang, F.; Scott, K. A.; Oldenhuis, N. J.; Liu, H.; Van Vranken, D. L. “Potent Antifungal Synergy of Phthalazinone and Isoquinolones with Azoles Against Candida albicans.” ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 168.
    • Fooshee, D.; Mood, A.; Gutman, E.; Tavakoli, M.; Urban, G.; Liu, F.; Huynh, N.; Van Vranken D.; Baldi, P. “Deep Learning for Chemical Reaction Prediction.” Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2018, 3, 442.
    • Mood, A. D.; Tavakoli, M.; Gutman, E. S.; Kadish, D.; Baldi, P.; Van Vranken, D. L. “Methyl Anion Affinities of the Canonical Organic Functional Groups.” J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 4096.
    • Kadish, D.; Mood, A. D.; Tavakoli, M.; Gutman, E. S.; Baldi, P.; Van Vranken, D. L. “Methyl Cation Affinities of Canonical Organic Functional Groups.” J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 3721.
    • Tavakoli, M.; Mood, A.; Van Vranken, D. ; Baldi, P. “Quantum Mechanics and Machine Learning Synergies: Graph Attention Neural Networks to Predict Chemical Reactivity.” J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2022, 62, 2121.
    • Tavakoli, M.; Miller, R.; Angel, M.; Pfeiffer, M. ; Gutman, E.; Mood, A.; Van Vranken, D.; Baldi, P. “PMechDB: A Public Database of Elementary Polar Reaction Steps.” J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2004, 64, 1975.
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