Raj Narlawar

About

Experienced Medicinal Chemist with a demonstrated history of working in the new drug discovery research in pharmaceuticals industry. Skilled in various aspect of medicinal chemistry and experience in working several therapeutic areas.

Experience

• Associate Director at Acerta Pharma B.V. (A member of the AstraZeneca Group)
  Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (9 yrs)
  • Senior Scientist
    Jan 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Visiting Scientist
    Oct 2014 - Dec 2019 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Worked full time at Beerse site as a part of the collaborative project between Janssen and Prof Bart De Strooper, VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research Leuven.

• Senior Staff Scientist at VIB & Janssen Research and Development
  Sep 2014 - Dec 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos

  Worked with Prof Bart De Strooper. Performed innovative research for preparation of novel organic molecules to aid in discovery and development of new therapeutically relevant compounds for Alzheimer's Disease-Neuroscience discovery projects.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Sydney, School of Chemistry
  Dec 2011 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Sydney, Faculty of Pharmacy
  Nov 2009 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

  The research was focused towards the synthesis of inhibitors of FtsZ as a novel target for Tuberculosis.