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Soosung Kang

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1997

Publications

74

Citations

1,847

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

30

Publishing since 1997

Research summary
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Soosung Kang's research focuses on medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, particularly designing and testing small-molecule inhibitors for diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. Recent work also incorporates computational and machine-learning approaches, including AI-based prediction of drug-target interactions and automated drug property forecasting, alongside traditional lab-based chemical synthesis and biological testing.

Medicinal chemistry and drug designComputational drug discovery and machine learningMitochondrial chaperone (TRAP1) inhibitorsEnzyme inhibitors for fibrosis and neurodegenerationNatural product chemistry

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, fluctuating between 2 and 7 papers per year without a clear long-term increase or decline.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 7 publications7222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×7
  • Molecules×3
  • Bioorganic Chemistry×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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