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Vasanthanathan Poongavanam is a Researcher at Uppsala University, affiliated with the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at SciLifeLab's DDD platform. He holds a Docent in Chemistry (2024) and a PhD in Computational Chemistry (2010) from the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on applying computational chemistry and AI to accelerate drug discovery, particularly in macrocyclic compounds and PROTAC mechanisms.
Education:
- Docent in Chemistry, TekNat, Uppsala University (2024)
- PhD in Computational/Medicinal Chemistry, University of Copenhagen (2010)
Previous Positions:
- Researcher, Department of Chemistry-BMC, Uppsala University (2020–2024)
- Postdoctoral Fellowships at University of Southern Denmark (2013–2015) and University of Vienna (2010–2011)
Research Interests: Development of predictive models for drug permeability, molecular chameleons, targeted protein degradation, and AI-driven drug discovery. His work bridges computational methods with experimental validation to advance drug design in complex chemical spaces.
Labs/Teams: Active at the DDD platform (Drug Discovery and Development) at SciLifeLab, collaborating on projects like membrane permeability databases and molecular glue technologies.
