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= Arun K. Ghosh = Arun K. Ghosh is an organic chemist specializing in. Discovered Darunavir based on backbone binding design concept.

Biography

 * 1988-1994    Research Fellow, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA
 * 1994-1997    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
 * 1997-1999    Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
 * 1999-2005    Professor, Dept. of Chemistry,  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
 * 2005-Present Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Education
He received the following degrees:
 * BSc (Honors), Calcutta University, 1978
 * MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1981
 * PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1985

Following these studies, he went on to become a Post doctoral Fellow under Professor E. J. Corey at Harvard University from 1985-1988.

Publications
Arun K. Ghosh has more than 200 scientific publications

Awards

 * Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2010
 * IUPAC-Richter Prize, 2010
 * Robert Scarborough Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry Award, 2008
 * Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
 * University Scholar, University of Illinois, 1998-2000
 * Research Fellow, Merck Research Laboratories, 1988-94
 * National Scholar, Government of India, 1976-1981