Medicinal Chemistry

Derong Ding

Derong Ding
Editor-in-Chief
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame, USA

Biography

Dr. Derong Ding obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Chinese Academy of Science in 2005. Then he took the postdoctoral research in the University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Kentucky and Indiana University. Now He is appointed as research scientist at the department of chemistry and biochemistry, University of Notre Dame. His present research is about design and synthesis of antimicrobial agents. His previous research have been published in some famous journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications. He is also the professional reviewers for some reputed journals about organic and medical chemistry.

Research Interest

(1).Medicinal chemistry. The main research involves the development of antimicrobial and anticancer agents through rational design and chemical synthesis.
(2).Organic chemistry including organic synthesis and synthetic methodology.