D Parya
Professor
Analytical Chemistry
Clemson University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Arya earned his B.Sc. (chemistry honors program) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi; and Ph.D. (Bioorganic Chemistry) from Northeastern University, Boston. After spending his postdoctoral years in the labs of Prof. T. C. Bruice (UC Santa Barbara), he joined the faculty at Clemson University. Dr. Arya is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award(2002) and the ACS Horace S. Isbell Award of the Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry (2007). He has served as the Program Chair (2004-2008), Chair-Elect (2009-2010) and Chair (2010-2011) of the ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry.
Research Interest
currently using techniques at the interface of chemical biology, biophysics, medicinal chemistry, small molecule design, structural biology, assay development, and screening technologies to explore nucleic acid and enzyme targets implicated in disease.
Publications
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Watkins D, Kumar S, Green KD, Arya DP, Garneau-Tsodikova S. Influence of linker length and composition on enzymatic activity and ribosomal binding of neomycin dimers. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
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Watkins D, Gong C, Kellish P, Arya DP, Probing A-form DNA: A fluorescent aminosugar probe and dual recognition by anthraquinone-neomycin conjugates 2017, Bioorg Med Chem.
