Dr. Insa SECK, PhD

Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD)

Education

• 2015: PhD in Organic Chemistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Faculty of Sciences and Technics
• 2011: Diploma of Advanced Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Natural Products, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Faculty of Sciences and Technics
• 2008: Master of Science in Physics and Chemistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Faculty of Sciences and Technics
• 2007: Bachelor of Science in Physics and Chemistry, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Faculty of Sciences and Technics

Research and Training Experience

• 2017: Participation in DIES ProGRANT seminars on Proposal Writing for Research Grants
• September 2014 to March 2015: Graduate Student Researcher, University of Vigo (Spain), Laboratory of Pr Yagamare Fall DIOP.
  Thesis Project: Synthesis and evaluation of antibacterial activity of 1,2,3-triazenes and 1,2,3-triazoles, application to cholesterol analogues
• November 2014: Participation in the Second International Workshop on Biomedical Research and Innovation organized by the Institute of Biomedical Investigation of Orense, Pontevedra, and Vigo

Teaching Experience

• 2014-2015: Responsible for tutorials in Organic Chemistry, first year of Pharmacy, Saint Christopher University and Euromed University, Dakar, Senegal
• 2013-2015: Teacher-Vacant in Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
• 2009-2013: Teacher-Vacant in Organic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal

International Experience

• April 2022 to July 2022: Visiting researcher at the University of Cologne (Germany) with funding from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• January 2019 to November 2019: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Polytechnique of Montreal, funded by Programme Canadien de Bourses pour la Francophonie
• April 2018 to July 2018: Postdoctoral Fellowship under the Eugen Ionescu Scholarship of the Republic of Romania
• September 2014 to May 2015: Doctoral Fellowship funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Senegal

Triazole, imidazole, and thiazole-based compounds as potential agents against coronavirus

Authors: I Seck, F Nguemo

Journal: Results in Chemistry

Volume: 3

Issue:

Pages: 100132

Year: 2021

The effects of irrigated agriculture on the transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in the Middle and Upper Valleys of the Senegal River basin

Authors: D De Clercq, J Vercruysse, M Sène, I Seck, CSM Sall, A Ly, VR Southgate

Journal: Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology

Volume: 94

Issue: 6

Pages: 581-590

Year: 2000

Phytochemical screening, evaluation of antioxidant and anti-sickling activities of two polar extracts of Combretum glutinosum leaves. Perr. Ex DC

Authors: C Sall, SF Ndoye, MD Dioum, I Seck, RS Gueye, B Faye, CO Thiam, …

Journal: British Journal of Applied Science & Technology

Volume: 19

Issue: 3

Pages: 1-11

Year: 2017

Etude de l’activité antifalcémiante d’extraits de racines de Leptadenia hastata Decne. (Asclepiadacae)

Authors: M Seck, C Sall, PM Gueye, I Seck, MD Dioum, Z Lembachar, RS Guere, …

Journal: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volume: 9

Issue: 3

Pages: 1375-1383

Year: 2015

Phytochemicals content, screening and antioxidant/pro-oxidant activities of Carapa procera (barks) (Meliaceae)

Authors: S Insa, A Hosu, Cimpoiu, SF Ndoye, LABCSMS

Journal: South African Journal of Botany

Volume: 137

Issue:

Pages: 369-376

Year: 2020

Antioxidant and antiglycation properties of two mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars from Senegal

Authors: SF Ndoye, D Fraisse, B Akendengué, MD Dioum, RS Gueye, C Sall, …

Journal: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volume: 8

Issue: 3

Pages: 137-141

Year: 2018

Biological Investigation of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Extracts from the Bulbs of Pancratium trianthum Collected in the Senegalese Flora

Authors: S Ka, N Mérindol, I Seck, S Ricard, A Diop, CSB Boye, K Landelouci, …

Journal: Molecules

Volume: 26

Issue: 23

Pages: 7382

Year: 2021

Étude in vitro de l’effet antifalcémiant des globules rouges et de l’activité antioxydante d’extraits de la poudre de racines de Maytenus senegalensis Lam …

Authors: S Cheikh, M Seck, B Faye, MD Dioum, I Seck, PM Gueye, SF Ndoye, …

Journal: International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volume: 10

Issue: 3

Pages: 1017-1026

Year: 2016

Synthesis of new triazolium-based ionic liquids and their use in the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction

Authors: A Fall, I Seck, O Diouf, M Gaye, M Seck, G Gomez, Y Fall

Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

Volume: 56

Issue: 36

Pages: 5128-5131

Year: 2015

1, 2, 3-triazenes and 1, 2, 3-triazoles as antileishmanial, antitrypanosomal, and antiplasmodial agents

Authors: I Seck, I Ciss, A Diédhiou, M Baldé, S Ka, LA Ba, SF Ndoye, B Figadère, …

Journal: Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volume: 32

Issue: 1

Pages: 158-164

Year: 2023