Academic Staff

June 22, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
Hazhmat Abdolkhaliq Ali (PhD) Head of Department
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Pharmacology

Medical Physiology and Pharmacology
College of Medicine
University of Duhok

  1. PhD in Pharmaceutics, Council of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary
  2. MSc in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

1- Medical Physiology
2- Clinical pharmacology
3- Reproductive system
4- Immunopathology
5- Cardiovascular system

1- Teaching
2- Translational and clinical research.
3- Presenting seminars about up to date topics.
4- Participation in scientific conferences, workshops and events in topics of related interest.

Research

1- Gordana Krstić, Muhammad Bello Saidu, Anita Barta, Máté Vágvölgyi, Hazhmat Ali, István Zupkó, Róbert Berkecz, Umar Shehu Gallah, Dóra Rédei, and Judit Hohmann. Anticancer Meroterpenoids from Centrapalus pauciflorus leaves: Chromone- and 2,4-Chromadione-Monoterpene Derivatives. ACS Omega Article ASAP. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c03884

2- Krstić G, Saidu Mb, Bombicz P, De S, Ali H, Zupkó I, Berkecz R, Rédei D, Hohmann J. Pauciflorins A–E, unexpected chromone-monoterpene-derived meroterpenoids from Centrapalus pauciflorus. J Nat Prod. 2023; 86, 891−896. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c01132

3- Saidu Mb, Krstić G, Todorović N, Berkecz R, Ali H, Zupkó I, Hohmann J, Rédei D. Monoterpenoid 5-methylcoumarins from Centrapalus pauciflorus with antiproliferative activity. Arab J Chem. 2023; 16 (6): 104777.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104777

4- Ali H, Traj P, Szebeni GJ, Gémes N, Resch V, Paragi G, Mernyák E, Minorics R, Zupkó I. Investigation of the antineoplastic effects of 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-13α-estrone sulfamate against the HPV16-positive human invasive cervical carcinoma cell line SiHa. Int J Mol Sci. 2023; 24(7):6625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076625

5- Kovács É, Ali H, Minorics R, Traj P, Resch V, Paragi G, Bruszel B, Zupkó I, Mernyák E. Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Steroidal Diaryl Ethers. Molecules. 2023; 28(3):1196. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031196

6- Péter Traj, Ali H, Anett Németh, Sámuel Trisztán Dajcs, Ferenc Tömösi, Tea Lanisnik-Rizner, István Zupkó & Erzsébet Mernyák. Transition metal-catalysed A-ring C–H activations and C(sp2)–C(sp2) couplings in the 13α-oestrone series and in vitro evaluation of antiproliferative properties. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2021; 36:1, 895-902. https://doi.org/10.1080/14756366.2021.1900165

7- Jójárt R, Ali H, Horváth G, Kele Z, Zupkó I, Mernyák E. Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura couplings and evaluation of 13α-estrone derivatives as potential anticancer agents. Steroids. 2020; 164:108731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2020.108731

1- Oncopharmacology.
2- Cancer research.
3- Inflammation and oxidative stress.
4- Immunopathology of metabolic diseases.

MSc thesis: Immunometabolic alterations among obese individulas; a case-control study.