Sameer Urgaonkar
Associate Director of Chemistry at Athenex
Pharmaceuticals
Athenex
United States of America
Biography
Over four years of experience in medicinal chemistry (SAR exploration & ADME optimization) advancing an HTS hit compound to preclinical development, two years of Postdoctoral experience in Chemical Biology, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. Expertise in multi-step synthesis of natural products, heterocyclic chemistry, metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, and photoaffinity labeling.
Research Interest
Chemistry
