i) Target identification, synthetic route design of target molecule followed by multistep synthesis, SAR analysis and biological data interpretation.
ii) Hands on experience on the following:
a) NMR, HPLC, UPLC-MS, LC/GC MS, IR, UV and Fluorescence
b) In vitro/ in vivo assays and cell culture techniques
c) Chemdraw, SciFinder, GraphPad Prism, enCIFer
iii) Bioanalysis of brain and plasma samples using UPLC-MS.
iv) Sound academic knowledge in organic/medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis.