Vikrant A Adsool
ASTAR, Singapore
Biography
Vikrant received his M.Sc. from the University of Pune (India) in 2003. Shortly after graduation, he joined Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad as a research chemist. In 2005, Vikrant embarked on his doctoral studies at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) under the supervision of Prof. S. V. Pansare. After receiving his Ph.D. in 2009, he pursued his postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. K.C. Nicolaou at The Scripps Research Institute in California (USA). In 2010, Vikrant commenced his research career at the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, ASTAR (Singapore). At ICES, he has successfully lead several projects in areas such as total synthesis of natural products, medicinal chemistry, and synthetic methodology. His current research interests encompass the synthesis and biological evaluation of novel sp3-rich chemical entities, such as bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane derivatives. Vikrant has recently completed his MBA studies from Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).