- Medicinal Chemistry of Natural Product and small molecule inhibitors
- Anticancer and Anti-infectious drug discovery
- Epigenetic and targeted therapy
Aarajana Shrestha, PhD
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Aarajana Shrestha is Medicinal Chemist working with Dr. Jon Thorson at UK College of Pharmacy. Before joining Dr. Thorson Group she was a National Research Foundation (NRF) Korea Research Fellow at Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF) and is involved in the discovery of PPARδ antagonists and epigenetic inhibitors for cancer therapy.
She obtained her B.S. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with honors from PokharaUniversity-affiliated Central Institute of Science and Technology Kathmandu in Nepal. She then received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Medicinal Chemistry from Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy in South Korea, under the direction of Prof. Eung-Seok Lee. During her Ph.D., she designed and synthesized several heterocyclic small molecules for breast cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
She is the author of over 30 papers, and her primary research interests include discovery of natural product and small molecules inhibitors against cancer and infectious diseases.