May 30, 2023

Zinpro^® Corporation announces new medicinal chemistry fellowship

Zinpro Corporation announced this month the establishment of the Dr. Mahmoud M. Abdel-Monem Memorial Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota (US).

"We are proud to establish this new fellowship in memory of Dr. Monem, who worked closely with Zinpro co-founder Dean Anderson in the development of our first organic metal amino acid complex," said Zinpro president and chief executive officer Rob Sheffer. 

"Dr. Monem was so much more than an innovative scientist and collaborative partner," said Mike Anderson, chairman of Zinpro's board of directors. "…to all of us at Zinpro, he was also a dear friend and colleague. We are pleased to honor his memory on this day, the 52nd anniversary of Zinpro's founding."

Dr. Monem's discovery helped set Zinpro on the path to long-term success as a trusted leader in the global animal nutrition industry, the company said. 

"When Dr. Monem first developed the metal amino acid complex, it was new to the world," said Zinpro research and development leader Dr. Peter Stark, a former graduate student of Dr. Monem. "No one else was feeding animals organic trace minerals – only inorganic." 

"Now, 52 years and hundreds of peer-reviewed research studies later, we see that this discovery has truly changed the industry and impacted the lives of animals and people all over the world," said Sheffer.

Grant Berkbigler, a first-year PhD student who is pursuing a degree in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Monem memorial fellowship.

- Zinpro