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Pankaj Bhattarai

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2019Rising activity
Fluorine in Organic ChemistryPharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismMetal-Catalyzed Oxygenation MechanismsCancer therapeutics and mechanismsSynthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds

Publications

13

Citations

131

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
AI-generated

Pankaj Bhattarai's research focuses on designing and evaluating new chemical compounds aimed at fighting tuberculosis and related infections, including studies of how these compounds interact with bacterial proteins like MmpL3. The work combines organic chemistry synthesis with pharmacology and toxicology, aiming to improve drug properties such as how well a compound is absorbed and processed by the body (pharmacokinetics).

Antimycobacterial (tuberculosis) drug designMedicinal chemistry synthesisDrug metabolism and pharmacokineticsOrganic compound synthesis and fluorine chemistryCancer-related drug mechanisms

Publication output was minimal or absent in the early part of the decade but has increased noticeably in the last two to three years, suggesting a growing recent research output.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
17182019: 2 publications1920212022: 1 publication22232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications5252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ChemRxiv×6
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×2
  • ACS Infectious Diseases×1
  • Nature Communications×1
  • Chemical Communications×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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