Pharmaceuticals — Journal Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Formerly head of the Department of Organic Chemistry (FS), University of Mons-UMONS, 7000 Mons, Belgium
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Interests: heterocycles; microwave-induced synthesis; medicinal chemistry; green chemistry
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Prodrugs
Special Issue in Molecules: Flow Chemistry
Topical Collection in Molecules: Novel Drug Candidates for Anticancer Therapy: Design, Preliminary Evaluations, and Further Developments
Special Issue in Molecules: 20th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Medicinal Chemistry
Special Issue in Molecules: Aptamers: Past, Present, and Future
Special Issue in Molecules: Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Choices of the Journal
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Selected Papers from the 4th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry

Associate Editor
Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Research Program Imaging and Radiooncology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Interests: radiopharmaceutical sciences; labeling chemistry; medicinal chemistry; PET tracers; radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostics and endoradiotherapy; small molecules; peptides; antibodies and derivatives thereof
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry between Imaging and Radioendotherapy
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Emerging Theranostic Tracers in the Context of Radiopharmaceutical Drug Development

Associate Editor
PharmaCampus Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Corrensstr. 48, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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Interests: autodisplay; assay development and inhibitor testing; whole cell biocatalysts for synthesis of drugs and building blocks; directed evolution of enzyme inhibitors and biocatalysts; biosensor development and diagnostic tools
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: An Updated View on an Emerging Target: Selected Papers from the 8th International Conference on Protein Kinase CK2

Associate Editor
1. Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências, Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
2. Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR/CIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; heterocycles, P-glycoprotein; anticancer; anticoagulants; chiral drugs; marine natural products
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 6th International Conference on Natural Products for Health and Beauty (NATPRO 6)
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Grand Celebration: 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Heparin
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Selected papers from the 11th National Meeting of Organic Chemistry and 4th Meeting of Therapeutic Chemistry in Portugal
Special Issue in Molecules: Can Membrane Transporters Contribute to Drug Discovery?
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Products for Health and Beauty
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Old Pharmaceuticals with New Applications
Special Issue in Molecules: Xanthones: Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Madalena Pinto on the Occasion of Her 70th Birthday

Associate Editor
Department of Pathology & Microbiology University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
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Interests: host defense antimicrobial peptides, structural bioinformatics, biomolecular NMR
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Identification and Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptides with Therapeutic Potential
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Antimicrobial Peptides: Expanded Activity Spectrum and Applications

Associate Editor
Formerly professor at the Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet, 7330 Saint-Ghislain, Belgium
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Interests: medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis, parasitic diseases, orphan drugs
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Topical Collection in Molecules: Novel Drug Candidates for Anticancer Therapy: Design, Preliminary Evaluations, and Further Developments
Special Issue in Molecules: Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Choices of the Journal

Former Editor-in-Chief
Senior Director, Technology Strategy, Amyris, Inc., 5885 Hollis St, Suite 100, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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Interests: organic synthesis; medicinal chemistry; biotechnology
* Founding Editor-in-Chief and Editor-in-Chief up to 29 January 2015.
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals Special Issue in Molecules: Molecular Diversity Feature Papers
Special Issue in Molecules: Flavors and Fragrances
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences

1. Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland
2. Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Austria
3. International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST)
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Interests: molecular medicine; nutrigenomics; natural products; biotechnology; molecular pharmacology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Effects of Natural Products in the Context of Cardiometabolic Disease
Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 8th Central European Conference ‘Chemistry towards Biology’ (CTB-2016)
Special Issue in Molecules: Selected Papers from the 46th EuroCongress on Drug Synthesis and Analysis (ECDSA-2017)
Special Issue in Molecules: Bioactive Molecules and Their Mechanisms of Action

University of Rennes 1, Institute of Chemical Sciences Rennes ICSR UMR CNRS 6226, Building 10A, Room 207, Campus de Beaulieu, 263 Avenue du General Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 RENNES Cedex, France
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Interests: synthetic organic chemistry under microwave; medicinal chemistry; design and heterocyclic chemistry for cancer and CNS diseases
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Heterocyclic Chemistry for Cancer and CNS Diseases

Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, (IPBLN-CSIC), PTS Granada, Av del Conocimiento 17, 18016 Granada, Spain
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Interests: structure-function of RNA; aptamers; antisense; ribozymes; viral RNA genomes; RNA as tool; therapeutic RNAs
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Pharmaceuticals: Aptamers: Biomedical Interest and Applications

Normandie Univ, Univ Rouen; INSA Rouen, CNRS, Laboratoire COBRA UMR6014Bâtiment IRCOF, 1 rue Tesnière, F-76821 Mont Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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Interests: N,O,S-heterocycles for therapeutic applications; microwave-assisted chemistry; active drugs for cancer and central nervous system; cancer and CNS drugs
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Focusing on Sulfur in Medicinal Chemistry
Special Issue in Scientia Pharmaceutica: Kinase Inhibitors in Cancer and Central Nervous System

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Interests: epilepsy; hippocampus; neuroprotection; neuroregeneration

Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Interests: biochemistry of and small molecule drug discovery for parasitic protozoa and helminths; 'neglected' tropical diseases; high-throughput and high content screening, and assay devlopment; point-of-care diagnostics; proteolysis

UCIBIO, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira nº 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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Interests: toxicology; Drugs of abuse; pesticides; antidotes

Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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Interests: acute myeloid leukemia; cell differentiation; vitamin D; vitamin D analogs; plant-derived bioactive compounds; redox signaling and regulation; calcium signaling; cell cycle regulation, apoptosis
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Vitamin D and Its Analogues: New Insights on Biological Effects and Therapeutic Uses
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Vitamin D and Its Analogues 2019: New Insights on Biological Effects and Therapeutic Uses

1. Instituto de Química Médica – CSIC, Madrid, Spain
2. Medicinal Chemistry Institute – Spanish Council for Scientific Research
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Interests: medicinal chemistry, design and synthesis of antiparasitic agents for neglected tropical diseases (trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, malaria), cationic compounds, DNA binding study, pKa measurement
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Antiparasitic Agents

Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Interests: host fungus interactions, antimicrobial peptides, antifungal peptides, defensins, cathelicidins