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Lakshmi P. Kotra, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor, Dept of
Chemistry&Biochemistry, The University
of North Carolina at Greensboro Scientist
and Principal Investigator, Toronto General Research Institute/UHN Scientist,
McLaughlin Center for Molecular
Medicine, University of Toronto Assistant
Professor, University of Toronto (status only) Co-Director,
Center for Molecular Design and Preformulations (CMDP) Adjunct
Professor, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India |
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Jul,
2007 – present: Associate Professor
(tenured), Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Mar,
2007 – present: Adjunct Professor,
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India.
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Jul,
2006-present: Director, Center for Molecular Design and Preformulations,
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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Mar,
2006-present: Scientist and Principal
Investigator, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network,
Toronto, Canada
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2004-present: McLaughlin Scholar, R. Samuel McLaughlin
Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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2001–2006: Director, Molecular Design and Information
Technology Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Apr,
2001-present: Assistant Professor
(cross-appointment), Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada.
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July,
2000-present: Assistant Professor
(status only), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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2007
– Milestones in Canadian Health Research:
“Bye Bye Parasites”
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Premier’s
Research Excellence Award (Ontario, Canada), 2004-2009.
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The
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GlaxoSmithKline/Canadian
Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Early Career Award-2003.
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Rx&D
Health Research Foundation and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Career
Award (2001 - 2006).
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2008
– present: Editorial Board Member, The Open Enzyme Inhibition Journal,
Bentham Science
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Co-Organizer
and Co-Chairman, Symposium on “Latest Trends in Drug Design and Medicinal
Chemistry”, 90th Canadian Chemistry Annual Conference, 2007,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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International
Advisory Committee member, International Symposium on Current Trends in Drug Discovery Research
(CTDDR)-2007, Feb 17-21, 2007, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
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Co-organizer
and lead faculty, International Workshop on Drug Design, Birla Institute of
Technology and Science, Pilani, India, Feb. 24-25, 2005
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Project
leader, Canada-India Partnership Program in Pharmaceutical Research – a
bilateral international program between Canadian and Indian pharmaceutical
communities in industry and academia.
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Organizer
and Co-Chair, Symposium on “Drug Design Targeting Protein-Protein
Interactions”, Session BM2, 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference, May
27-Jun 1, 2005, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Member,
Ontario Drug Development Consortium Working Group (Govt. of Ontario)
2004-present.
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Elected
member-at-large, Executive Council, Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004)
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Co-founder,
Toronto Area Drug Discovery Discussion Group (TAD3), http://www.tad3.org; a discussion group facilitating
professional network and current topics discussion between the industrial and
academic scientists in drug discovery.
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2002-present: Associate Editor, Journal
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, an official journal of the
Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Co-Chairman,
Symposium on “Impact of Rational Drug Design in Pharmaceutical Drug Development”,
Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting,
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07/2002-present: member, Pharmaceutical Sciences Grants Review
Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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2001-present: Assistant Editor, Infectious Diseases,
in: xPharm-Pharmacological
Reference Database (Bylund, D. and Enna,
S., Eds.) Elsevier, Inc.
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1999-present: Editorial Board member, “Microbes & Infection” (Elsevier, Inc.).
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Memberships:
American Chemical Society, Canadian Society for Chemistry, American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy, Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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1997-2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (Supervisor: Prof. Shahriar Mobashery)
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1992-1997: Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry), Department of
Medicinal Chemistry, The University
of Georgia, Athens, GA (Supervisor: Prof. David C. K. Chu)
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1988-1992:
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honors), Birla
Institute of Technology&SCience, Pilani, India.
Last
updated: July 2, 2007