Apurba K. Bhattacharjee
Georgetown University, USA
Biography
Dr. Bhattacharjee currently an Adjunct Faculty Professor has over 25 years of research experience in quantum chemistry, pharmacophore modeling, and virtual screening of compound databases. His experiences cover drug discovery programs for antimalarials, antileishmanials, insect repellents and counter agents against OP poisoning. Current interests are in the discovery of antivirals targeting dengue, West Nile and Zika viruses. He has authored and coauthored over 120 publications, three book chapters and 5 patents. Prior to joining the Georgetown University, he served in the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland (U.S.A.) as the Chief Molecular Modeler for drug discovery programs.