Nagarathanam Veerasamy is a Senior Scientist I at AbbVie since August 2020, specializing in planning and synthesizing novel small molecules for immunology therapy applications within the Discovery Chemistry team. Prior experience includes roles as Drug Discovery Scientist-I and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University from November 2015 to August 2020, focusing on Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1 research. Nagarathanam was a Graduating Research Assistant at Oregon State University (September 2009 - November 2015), working on the synthesis and characterization of natural products, and served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry courses. Early experience includes research roles at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the Indian Institute of Science, along with earning a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Oregon State University in 2015, a Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Madras, and a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Gobi Arts and Science College.
August, 2020 - present