Dr. Papireddy (Reddy) Kancharla, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Contact information:
1719 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, Oregon-97201, USA
Laboratory @SRTC-351; Office @SRTC-306
Contact: (503) 725-2566 (Office)
E-mail: papiredd@pdx.edu
Biography:
Dr. Kancharla received a PhD in Chemistry from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, in 2010. Then he moved to Portland State University to pursue his postdoctoral training with Dr. Kevin Reynolds. He is a dedicated and passionate chemist with over 18 years of broad and extensive experience in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, natural products, and biosynthesis. Specifically, he has broad experience in drug discovery and development of several novel antimalarial chemotypes, including prodiginines, tambjamines, acridones, marineosins and chalcones. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed publications in high impact scientific journals that have been heavily cited by other researchers across the globe. He started his independent career at Portland State University in 2019 as a Research Assistant Professor. His current research interests are in medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and natural products, specifically for novel antiplasmodial chemotypes.