Antonius Alkolla
On February 10, 2023 a man who spent most of his life studying, scientific research, and service to humanity left us, San Diego community and scientific forums. The late (Dr. Antonius Al Kolla) who died due to a short illness. Here is a summary of his life, studies, and some of his scientific achievements:
Antonius Alkolla was born in Nahy (Alqoush) on November 6, 1949 from a family of Alqoushia, his father Deacon Hormoz Shisha Golla and his mother Katrina Oschi.
He completed primary and high school studies in Baghdad and then moved to England to complete his university studies.
He received a degree (Bachelor in Chemistry) from Glamorgan Polytechnic University-Cardiff, Wales in 1975.
Graduated (Master in Biochemistry "Medical") from Loughborough University of Technology in 1977.
Published with four of his colleagues in a magazine) (Synthetic Communication Vol. 8, 1978 - Issue 3 in a research titled:
(Formation of Cyanohydrin Carbonates of Aromatic Aldehydes and Aryl Heteroaryl Ketones)
After graduation he worked as a teacher and researcher at a higher university, then attended Leicester Polytechnic University to study a PhD
He received a degree (PhD in Organic Chemistry) from Leicester Polytechnic University in 1981 and his thesis was on Nucleophilic substitution in heterocyclic molecules. Implemented at Leicester Polytechnic in collaboration with Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research Centre, Essex.
He worked in pharmaceutical laboratories in Britain especially with Aldrich Sigma as a supervisor in the R&D department from 1988-2011, and has successfully discovered a drug to treat disabled patients with neurological diseases. He was one of the first to discover compound (artificial) cholesterol.
Mrs. Sahar married Yilda Oschi in England in 1993, he has a daughter named Rita in the last stage of her studies in the medical school, and he has a son named Darius who has a master's degree in Civil Engineering.
After the retirement of the Antonius, the family moved to the United States - San Diego in 2012 and after two years, they built the family house and added a lot of his personal efforts to make it a home where he could rest from the tiredness of the years, but the fate was with him, and the malicious disease did not delay him long. He was patient with his pains and pains without showing it to anyone.
Antoine was a humble, loving, pure-hearted, helpful to the needy, under spoken, kind, multi-talented and beautiful designs, everything he did with precision and study from carpentry, blacksmithing and electricity to cooking, and a joke that never gets tired of sitting with.
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