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Education |
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2006-2009 |
Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, L M College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, India (Senior Research Fellow, CSIR, New Delhi, India) |
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2002-2004 |
Msc. Pharm. in Drug Design and Development, Pharmacy Department, The M S University of Baroda, Vadodara, India |
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1998-2002 |
Bsc. Pharm. AR College of Pharmacy, Sardar Patel University, V V Nagar, India |
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Experience |
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since 2011 |
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic (Docking and rescoring of small molecules for diverse therapeutic targets) |
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2009-2010 |
Scientist, Oxygen Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad, India (Organic synthesis of small molecule heterocycles) |
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2004-2006 |
Lecturer, APMC College of Pharmacy, Himatnagar, India (Teaching subjects of Organic Chemistry and Drug Design/Medicinal Chemistry at undergraduate and postgraduate levels) |
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Research interest |
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Design and synthesis of small molecules for drug discovery
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Ligand-based design (QSAR and pharmacophore modeling)
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Structure-based design (small molecules docking, scoring and virtual screening)
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Drug repositioning
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