Medicinal chemistry, Peptide chemistry

• Synthesis and mechanistic studies of ultra short neuropeptides, antimicrobial peptides, and antiplasmodial peptides

• C-H and C-N functionalization of natural and unnatural amino acids

• Backbone modification of peptides by C-H and C-N functionalization

• Sustainable peptide synthesis

• Synthesis and mechanistic studies of unnatural amino acids

• Synthesis of new structural classes of antiplasmodial and anti-tuberculosis agents