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Department of Medicinal Chemistry · Deccan Institute of Scienceraolab@example.edu

People

Our lab brings together chemists, biologists, pharmacologists and data scientists from six countries.

Principal Investigator

Prof. Ananya Rao

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Ananya leads the lab. Name any antibiotic and she will tell you how it works.

Research Scientists

Dr. Daniel OkaforSenior Research ScientistResearch focusScreening and structural biologyIn the lab2018–Emaild.okafor@example.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Lena FischerPostdoctoral ResearcherResearch focusGram-negative permeabilityIn the lab2023–

Dr. Arjun MehtaPostdoctoral ResearcherResearch focusMachine learning for drug designIn the lab2024–

PhD Students

Priya NatarajanPhD StudentResearch focusNew antibiotic classesIn the lab2021–

Sam KowalskiPhD StudentResearch focusFragment screeningIn the lab2022–

Mei ChenPhD StudentResearch focusProtein crystallographyIn the lab2022–

Ravi IyerPhD StudentResearch focusEfflux pumpsIn the lab2023–

Fatima Al-SayedPhD StudentResearch focusComputational chemistryIn the lab2023–

Jonah BrooksPhD StudentResearch focusCheminformaticsIn the lab2024–

Master's Students

Ana SouzaMaster's StudentResearch focusSoil natural productsIn the lab2025–

Undergraduate Researchers

Kiran DesaiUndergraduate ResearcherResearch focusEnzyme assaysIn the lab2025–

Lab Management

Meera PillaiLab ManagerIn the lab2017–Emaillab@example.edu

Alumni

Dr. Tomás HerreraCurrent positionAssistant Professor, University of ChilePostdoctoral Researcher, 2019–2023

Dr. Aisha BelloCurrent positionScientist, a biotech start-up in BengaluruPhD Student, 2017–2022

Dr. Vikram ShahCurrent positionPostdoc, Stanford UniversityPhD Student, 2016–2021