Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry & Natural Products

Biography

I completed my undergraduate studies in Pharmacy at Curtin University, Australia. I then went on to pursue my Masters(Res) in Chemoinformatics at the University of Sheffield where I was supervised by Prof. Val Gillet. I am currently under the supervision of Dr Andreas Bender where we are working on the computational analysis of diverse phenotypic effect databases in particular traditional medicine and natural products in the hopes of discovering the underlying target(s) modulated and the pathway(s) involved. I am also currently collaborating with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) where we are utilising in silico approaches to analyse the mode-of-action and safety assessment of novel psychoactive compounds emerging in the EU and beyond.

Research Interest

I have been working on the computational analysis of diverse phenotypic effect databases in particular traditional medicine and natural products in the hopes of discovering the underlying target(s) modulated and the pathway(s) involved. I am also currently collaborating with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) where we are utilising in silico approaches to analyse the mode-of-action and safety assessment of novel psychoactive compounds emerging in the EU and beyond. Currently, I am incorporating Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics approaches to predict protein targets for novel compounds as well as compounds for novel protein targets.