Prasanna Kandel

Prasanna Kandel is a Senior Scientist and Assay Development Leader at Nitrase Therapeutics since January 2023, having previously held positions as Staff Scientist and Scientist in the same area. Prior to this, Kandel was a Specialist/Staff Scientist focused on drug discovery at the Small Molecule Discovery Center at UCSF from June 2021 to January 2023. Kandel's academic background includes a PhD in Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences from Baylor College of Medicine, where Kandel also completed a postdoctoral associate role in Pharmacology and Chemical Biology as well as served as a graduate student from August 2014 to May 2021. Kandel earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Boise State University between 2009 and 2014.