Ramon Vilar Compte

Professor Ramon Vilar Compte is Professor of Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry at Imperial College London's Department of Chemistry within the Faculty of Natural Sciences. His multidisciplinary research group develops molecular tools for biological interrogation.

• Key affiliations include: CRUK Convergence Science Centre, Centre for Neurotechnology, Centre for Rapid Online Analysis of Reactions, and Grantham Institute

Research focuses on:

• Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry of G-quadruplex DNA/RNA
• Metal complexes for cancer and antibacterial therapies
• Environmental remediation of toxic metals via molecular recognition
• Advanced optical imaging techniques using fluorescence/phosphorescence lifetime

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in metal-based G-quadruplex probes, photocytotoxic antibiotics, and machine learning-driven drug discovery. Group members include 9 PhD students and 5 postdoctoral associates working across chemical biology and environmental science domains.