LALIT GOLANI, Ph.D.

Lalit Golani is a medicinal chemist at the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery. He received his PhD in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and has experience in designing and synthesizing small molecules for therapeutic applications. Lalit specializes in designing multi-step synthetic routes, and characterizing compounds using advanced spectroscopic techniques.

His work also involves computational drug discovery, including molecular docking, protein-ligand interaction studies, and homology modeling. Lalit is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for Cancer Research. He collaborates with scientists across disciplines to support research and discovery in the biomedical sciences.

Professional Experience

• 2024- Staff Scientist, Yale Center for Molecular Discovery
• 2022-2024 Associate Research Scientist, Northeastern University
• 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
• 2016-2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Education

• 2010-2016 Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA USA (thesis: Design synthesis antifolates)
• 2004-2006 M. Pharm Medicinal Chemistry, MCOPS Manipal University, India
• 1999-2003 B. Pharm Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India