Honors
2021 Outstanding Reviewer for Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry in 2020
2020 Ten Years of Service to Portland State University
2018 Publons' Global Peer Review Award
2015 Outstanding Reviewer, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2014 CDRI Incentive Award for the publication in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2014 Highly Read Article of 2012, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2008 CDRI Incentive Award for the publication in Organic Letters
2003 Best Outgoing Student, Osmania University, India
Fellowships
Senior Research Fellow (SRF):
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Fellowship Period: June 2006-May 2009
Junior Research Fellow (JRF):
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Fellowship Period: June 2004-May 2006
Scientific Appointments
Grants Reviewer
NIH-Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology A (DMPA) Study Section, June, 2023.
Editorial Roles
Review Editor for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Reviewer for the following journals:
1. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2. Analytical Methods
3. Arabian Journal of Chemistry
4. Biomedicines
5. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
6. ChemistrySelect
7. Cogent Chemistry
8. Cogent Food & Agriculture
9. Drug Development Research
10. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
11. Heteroatom Chemistry
12. Heterocyclic Communications
13. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
14. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
15. Journal of Natural Products
16. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry
17. MedChemComm
18. Molecules
19. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
20. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements
21. Plants
22. RSC Advances
23. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry
24. Synthetic Communications
25. Tetrahedron
26. Tetrahedron Letters
News and Media Highlights
Another One-Pill Malaria Cure Looks Promising - American Council on Science and Health
One pill cure for malaria? Portland State University found a candidate - Oregon Live
Portland State Researchers Receive $3.15M Grant To Develop Drug To Cure Malaria - Portland State University
Portland State Researchers Receive $3.1M in Funding to Combat Malaria - Portland State University
NIH Grants Support the Development of Treatments for Major Diseases - Portland State University
Currently Accolades: Grants for May 1st, 2023 - Portland State University