Research Interests

Total synthesis of natural products, bioactive natural products isolation and structure determination, structure-activity relationship studies, 3D QSAR. Ongoing research is being conducted within our labs with the following targets:

Antimalarial Agents (Artemisinin)

Antifungal Agents (Pseudolaric Acid)

Anticancer Agents (Epothilones, Taxanes, Curacins)

Contraceptive Agents

Male (Enzyme Inhibitor Design)

Female (Antiprogestins)

Molecular Modeling