The School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo

Welcome to the laboratory of Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry!

Nowadays the complex process of drug discovery has become a highly competitive and multidisciplinary area. In order to succeed in either academia or industry it is imperative that student gains hands on expertise in diverse areas in a short period of time. Often this can be a daunting task. Our goal is to train students with tools to succeed. The major research focus in our lab is “Medicinal/Bioorganic Chemistry” an ever changing multidisciplinary area. The objective is to train students in diverse research areas shown below:

Rational drug design aided by molecular modeling techniques

Small molecule synthetic organic/medicinal chemistry, including method development

Solid phase peptide synthesis of bioactive peptides/peptidomimics

Acquire knowledge and skills in analytical techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry (MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

Development of high-throughput biochemical screening protocols to discover lead candidates

Interested candidates are encouraged to explore volunteer, research assistant, graduate (MSc/PhD) and postdoctoral opportunities by contacting Dr. Nekkar