Area of Interest: 

Medicinal chemistry, Peptide chemistry

• Synthesis and mechanistic studies of ultra-short neuropeptides, antimicrobial peptides, and antiplasmodial peptides;
• C-H and C-N functionalization of natural and unnatural amino acids;
• Backbone and late-stage modification of peptides;
• Sustainable peptide synthesis;
• Synthesis of new structural classes of antiplasmodial and anti-tuberculosis agents