Dr. Dhanapalan ***** has over 27 years of experience in Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical research. This includes experience at Pharmasset (aquired by Gilead), NJ, Bayer HealthCare, West Haven, CT, and Synaptic Pharmaceutical Corporation (currently Lundbeck), Paramus, NJ. His experiences include project management, medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput synthesis, lead generation, lead optimization, process research, and production. Dr. ***** worked in many therapeutic areas including cancer, virology, diabetes, obesity, pain, and benign prostatic hyperplasia. He also managed internal and external collaboration projects with many biotechs and pharmas. Dr. ***** is an inventor/co-inventor of many clinical candidates and contributed to multiple discovery projects. Dr. ***** graduated from University of Madras, India with Ph. D. in Organic/Medicinal Chemistry and conducted postdoctoral research at University of California, Purdue University Cancer Center, and University of Illinois on several therapeutic areas. Overall, ***** is an inventor/author on over 100 patents/patent applications, peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.