Principal Investigator · 2015–

Prof. Ananya Rao

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Research interests: Antibiotic discovery, medicinal chemistry

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

Publications

P. Natarajan, D. Okafor, L. Fischer, A. Rao

Nature, 2026Cover articleCited by 3

A. Mehta, J. Brooks, A. Rao

Cell, 2026Cited by 9

S. Kowalski, K. Desai, A. Rao

ChemRxiv, 2026Preprint

D. Okafor, M. Chen, T. Herrera, A. Rao

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2025Cited by 41

L. Fischer, R. Iyer, A. Rao

ACS Infectious Diseases, 2025Cited by 27

R. Iyer, P. Natarajan, A. Rao

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2025Cited by 18

J. Brooks, A. Mehta, M. Pillai, A. Rao

Scientific Data, 2025DatasetCited by 64

A. Souza, F. Al-Sayed, A. Rao

International Drug Discovery Conference, 2025Conference PaperBest Poster AwardCited by 2

F. Al-Sayed, L. Fischer, A. Rao

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2024Cited by 35

M. Chen, D. Okafor, A. Rao

Nature Communications, 2024Cited by 88