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Andrew D. Mesecar

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1997

Publications

345

Citations

17,003

Est. group size

~21

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
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Andrew D. Mesecar's research focuses on understanding the structure and function of enzymes involved in disease, with a major emphasis on designing small-molecule inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 proteins (such as the main protease Mpro and papain-like protease PLpro) as potential antiviral drugs. His group also studies enzymes relevant to cancer, antifungal therapy, and metabolic signaling, often using techniques like X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM, and biochemical assay development to guide drug design.

Antiviral drug discovery (SARS-CoV-2 proteases)Enzyme structure and functionStructure-based drug design (X-ray/cryo-EM)Cancer-related enzymology (cholesterol sulfotransferases)High-throughput assay development

Publication output rose substantially from 2017 through a peak in 2023, likely driven by COVID-19-related antiviral research, but has slowed notably in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.4/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 14 publications202021: 14 publications212022: 23 publications222023: 39 publications39232024: 8 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×23
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×9
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×8
  • The FASEB Journal×7
  • ChemMedChem×5
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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