Imrul Shahriar

Imrul obtained his Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Chemistry from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. For his undergraduate thesis, he worked with Dr. Susan on investigating the effect of intracellular osmolytes on the stability of Glucose Oxidase by infrared spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS) techniques. While an undergrad he served as a lab manager at RGRC and provided training on computer aided drug design to students, young professionals, and faculties. His undergraduate research resulted in nine publications in international peer-reviewed journals. In 2019, he received the prestigious Ross Fellowship from Purdue Graduate School to pursue his graduate studies at the Department of Chemistry, Purdue University. He is currently working with Professor Philip S. Low on the development of novel antiviral therapeutics for the treatment of deadly viral infections in humans.