Roles

Editor-in-Chief

Fernando Albericio, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Research Professor, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Associate Editors

Omid Akhavan, PhD
Interests: nanomaterials; graphene; biomaterials; cancerp; gene delivery/therapy
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Francesc Xavier Avilés, PhD
Interests: protein/enzyme-ligand interaction; structure-function; drug discovery; biophysics; proteomics
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
Neal M. Davies, PhD
Interests: pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; toxicology; drug delivery; anti-inflammatory/anti-cancer nutraceuticals
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
Walter Filgueira de Azevedo Jr., PhD
Interests: drug discovery; protein; machine learning; protein-ligand interaction; computational models
Professor, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Beatriz Garcia De la Torre, PhD
Interests: infectious diseases; drug discovery; vaccines; drug delivery; tropical diseases
Research Professor, KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), School of Laboratory of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Marcello Iriti, PhD
Interests: bioactive phytochemicals; nutraceuticals; nutritional therapy; ethnopharmacology; medicinal plants; traditional medicine
Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology at the Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Milan State University, Milan, Italy
Rangasamy Jayakumar, PhD
Interests: drug delivery; infectious diseases; hemostasis; wound healing; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine
Professor, Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kerala, India
Xiqun Jiang, PhD
Interests: drug delivery systems; macromolecular biotherapeutics; antibody-drug conjugates; targeting drug and liposomes
Professor, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering in College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Cheorl Ho Kim, PhD
Interests: cancer biology; cell differentiation; carbohydrate antigen; cell adhesion and angiogenesis; signal transduction
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Head of Molecular Glycobiology Unit, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Co-positional Professor, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology (SAIHST), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Uday Kishore, PhD
Interests: innate immunity; biologics; infectious diseases; allergy; cancer immunology
Director, Centre for Infection, Immunity and Disease Mechanisms, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
Xuechen Li, PhD
Interests: peptide; synthetic protein; antibiotics; glycoconjugates; drug conjugates
Professor of Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Amedeo Lonardo, MD
Interests: NAFLD; NASH; MAFLD; gastroenterology; metabolic syndrome
Professor, Internal Medicine at the School of Specialization in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Francisco Javier Luque Garriga, PhD
Interests: computational chemistry; molecular simulations; biomolecular recognition; protein dynamics; drug design
Full Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy; Full Professor, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Full Professor, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Stuart Maudsley, PhD
Interests: pharmacology; G protein-coupled receptor; bioinformatics; proteomics
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
Giuseppe Murdaca, PhD
Interests: immunodeficiency; autoimmunity; neuro-endocrino-immunology; pharmacogenomics
Associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
Juergen Reichardt, PhD
Interests: human genetics; human genomics; biochemistry; pharmacogenetics; molecular biology
Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM), James Cook University, Smithfield QLD, Australia
Paolo Rovero, PhD
Interests: bioactive and therapeutic peptides; cosmeceuticals; auto-antibodies
Co-founder, PeptLab Research Unit, Department of NeuroFarBa, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Jean-Marc Sabatier, PhD
Interests: peptide and protein engineering; microbes; drug design; structure-activity relationships
Director, Institute of Neurophysiopathology (INP), Aix-Marseille University, CNRS UMR 7051, Marseille, France
Aamer Saeed, PhD
Interests: synthetic; bioorganic; medicinal; heterocyclic chemistry; natural products; enzyme inhibitors; dyes & pigments
Chairman & Professor, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Xiangyang Shi, PhD
Interests: dendrimers; polymer nanogels; cancer nanomedicine; drug/gene delivery; theranostics
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
Andreimar Martins Soares, PhD
Interests: biotechnological and medical applications of bioactive compounds; protein biochemistry; toxinology; venomic and anti-venomic; snake venoms; toxins
Research Professor, Laboratory of Biotechnology of Proteins and Bioactive Compounds Applied to Health, LABIOPROT, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, FIOCRUZ, Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
Felipe Francisco Tuon, MD, PhD
Interests: antibiotics; infections; biofilms; polylactic acid; 3d printing
Professor of Escola de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Tirayut Vilaivan, PhD
Interests: organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; peptide nucleic acid; molecular diagnostics
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Narendra Vyavahare, PhD
Interests: targeted therapies; heart valve implants; cardiovascular diseases; aortic aneurysms; atherosclerosis
Hunter Endowed Chair and Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
Liang Xu, MD, PhD
Interests: cancer drug discovery; translational cancer; molecularly targeted cancer therapy; drug resistance
Professor of Cancer Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences; Director, Experimental and Preclinical Imaging Core, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Antonio Zorzano, PhD
Interests: metabolism; metabolic diseases; mitochondrial dynamics; autophagy; insulin resistance
Full Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Barcelona; Coordinator of the Molecular Medicine Programme at the IRB Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Christos C. Zouboulis, MD, PhD
Interests: dermato-pharmacology; dermato-endocrinology; sebaceous gland; acne; hidradenitis suppurativa; adamantiades-behçet’s disease; malignant atrophic papulosis; cryosurgery
Founding Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane; Coopted Professor of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg; Director, Departments of Dermatology and Immunology, Staedtisches Klinikum Dessau, Dessau, Germany

Editorial Board Members

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD
Interests: applied microbiology, medical plants, biofilms, natural and synthetic products
Professor at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Esra Kupeli Akkol, PhD
Interests: phytochemistry; analytical pharmacognosy; natural compounds; gynecological disorders; anti-carcinogenic
Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Farooq Anwar, PhD
Interests: analytical chemistry; food science technology; pharmacology pharmacy
Professor at Faculty of Food Science & Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Jean-Christophe Cintrat, PhD
Interests: medicinal chemistry; high throughput screening; heterocycles
Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Alessandro Contini, PhD
Interests: molecular dynamics; protein-protein interactions; quantum chemistry; reaction mechanisms; structure-based molecular design
Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz, PhD
Interests: pharmacogenomics; nutrigenomics; pharmacognosy; aging; amazonian phytotherapics
Associate Professor of University Federal do Santa Maria, RioGrande do Sul, Brazil
Ike de la Peña, PhD
Interests: behavioral pharmacology; neuropharmacology; dopamine; neuroscience,
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, California, USA
Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, MD, PhD
Interests: HIV; virology; infectious diseases; aging; molecular biology
Professor at the Infectious Diseases Department of Paulista School of Medicine at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ahmed O. Elzoghby, MD, PhD
Interests: nanomedicine; drug delivery; stromal reprogramming; cancer immunoenginnering; tumor microenvironment targeting
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School (HMS); Associate Bioengineer, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Boston, MA, USA
Pedro Fonte, PhD
Interests: drug delivery; nanomedicine; freeze-drying; biopharmaceutical; therapeutic proteins; biomaterials
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Ricardo P. Garay, MD, PhD
Interests: aging; clinical trials; therapeutics; pharmacology; longevity
Director of Research at CNRS (French National Council of Scientific Research), Paris, France
Rosario Gonzalez-Muniz, PhD
Interests: peptides; Peptidomimetics; ion channel modulators; protein-protein interactions; pain; antivirals
Scientific Researcher, Medicinal Chemistry Institute (IQM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Hossein Hosseinkhani, PhD
Interests: biomedical engineering; nanotechnology; drug delivery; chemistry; polymer; biosensors
Founder, Innovation Center for Advanced Technology, Matrix HT, Inc., New York , USA
Noah Isakov, PhD
Interests: cancer immunobiology; T cell activation; signal transduction; protooncogenes; adaptor proteins; kinase; phosphatase; isomerase
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Weilin Jin, MD, PhD
Interests: Drug repurposing; Cancer Neuroscience; Tumor microenvironment; Immunotherapy; Neurodegeneration.
Professor, Institute of Cancer Neuroscience, Medical Frontier Innovation Research Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Prasat Kittakoop, PhD
Interests: natural products; antiviral compounds; medicinal chemistry; green chemistry; food chemistry
Associate Professor, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Bangkok,Thailand
George Kokotos, PhD
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; enzyme inhibitors; anti-inflammatory; anticancer
Professor, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Anil Koul, PhD
Interests: drug discovery; drug development; global public health; infectious diseases; tuberculosis
Professor of Translational Discovery, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK; Vice President and Head - Global Public Health & Infectious Diseases Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Beerse, Belgium
Michio Kurosu, PhD
Interests: drug discovery; target validation; medicinal chemistry
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Giuseppe Lanza, MD, PhD
Interests: neurosciences; neuroplasticity; neuromodulation; neurostimulation; neuropsychiatry
Consultant Neurologist and Clinical Researcher, Department of Neurology IC, Oasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, Italy.
Christian Legros, PhD
Interests: voltage-gated ion channels; GABA-A receptors; neuropharmacology; electrophysiology; vascular function
Professor, Mitovasc Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6015, INSERM U1083, University of Angers, Angers, France
Jun F. (James) Liang, PhD
Interests: drug resistance; nano-formulation; therapeutic peptide; artificial enzyme; biomedical device
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA
Tania Limongi, PhD
Interests: biochemistry; biomaterials; drug delivery; nanomedicine; extracellular vesicles; drug technology
Tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Drug Science and Technology of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Dazhi Liu, PhD
Interests: cell cycle; tumor suppressor micoRNA; kinase/oncoprotein; brain trauma; post-traumatic stress
Professor, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; Founder and President, Mirnova Therapeutics, Inc., Fairfield, NJ, USA
Tanaka Masaru, MD, PhD
Interests: depression; anxiety; dementia; comorbidity; translational research
ELHK-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, University of Szeged (ELKH-SZTE), Szeged, Hungary
Valentina Echeverria Moran, PhD
Interests: drug discovery; neurodegeneration; major depression disorder; posttraumatic stress disorder; cholinergic system; dementia
Professor Fac. Medicine, Universidad San Sebastian9(USS), Concepcion, Chile; Scientist, Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VHACS), FL, USA
Serafina Perrone, MD, PhD
Interests: oxidative stress; antioxidants; newborn infants; brain injury; fetal programming
Professor of Pediatrics, Head of Neonatology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
Niels Christian Reichardt, PhD
Interests: carbohydrate drugs; glycoscience; mass spectrometry; microarrays; vaccines; organic synthesis
Group leader of Glycotechnology Laboratory, Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia San Sebastián, Spain; CIBER-BBN; Asparia Glycomics, San Sebastian, Spain
Gildardo Rivera, PhD
Interests: medicinal Chemistry; organic chemistry; biotechnology; pharmaceutical chemistry; drug design
Professor, Laboratorio de Biotecnologia Farmaceutica, Centro de Biotecnologia Genomica, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Ravi P. Sahu, PhD
Interests: oxidative stressors and lipid mediators; cancer pharmacology and chemoprevention; anticancer therapeutics and immunomodulation; photobiology and environmental factors; cellular signaling pathways in tumor resistance mechanisms and antitumor immune respons
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, USA
Murat Senturk, PhD
Interests: drug design; pharmacological applications of enzymes; recombinat DNA technology; neurodegenerative diseases
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Division of Pharmaceutical Basic Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Agri, Turkey
Dmitry Stetsenko, PhD
Interests: macromolecular drug delivery; oligonucleotide synthesis and therapeutics; DNA nanotechnology; nucleic acid chemistry; design of DNA and RNA analogues
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Department of Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Myron R. Szewczuk, PhD
Interests: cancer; inflammation; insulin receptor signaling; glycosylation; cannabis; nanomedicine
Professor, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Alessandra Tolomelli, PhD
Interests: organic synthesis; small molecule ligands; adhesion molecules; peptides; oligonucleotides
Associate professor Department of Chemistry “G.Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Alparslan Turan, MD
Interests: anesthesiology; medicine; anesthesia; perioperative
Professor of Anesthesiology, Vice Chair, Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
Jaydutt Vadgama, PhD
Interests: health disparities; basic-clinical-translational; cancer research; genomics; epigenomics; community-based translational research
Professor of Medicine at CDU and the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in the Department(s) of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Cancer Research and Training; Director, Center for Cancer Health Disparities; Executive Director, Center of Excellence for Clinical Trials, Los Angeles, USA
Ernst Wagner, PhD
Interests: drug delivery; targeted protein and nucleic acid delivery; pharmaceutical biotechnology; nanotechnology; gene therapy
Professor, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität(LMU), München, Germany
Fang Wu, MD, PhD
Interests: lung cancer; immunotherapy; targeted therapy; tumor microenvironment; psychopsychology
Professor, Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
Paul Zarogoulidis, M.D, Ph.D
Interests: drug design development and therapy; lung cancer; interventional pulmonology; cancer; thoracic desease
Director of Pulmonary Medicine Department, General Clinic, Thessaloniki, Greece

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