Manoranjan Panda

About Manoranjan Panda

Passionate about drug discovery, science strategy and leadership.Led an interdisciplinary team of highly accomplished computational chemists, medicinal chemists, analytical chemists and compound management team including 6 PhD level scientists.Trained as a computational chemist with extensive experience in ligand and target-based molecular modelling using molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics and cheminformatics.Extensive experience in lead generation from multiple approaches including high throughput screening, virtual screening and fragment based screening.Successfully led multiple lead generation project teams including scientists from medicinal chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology.Extensive experience in writing and securing research grants.Achieved scientific leadership through more than 20 publications in high impact journals including J. Am. Chem. Soc, Angew Chem. Int. Ed. Engl and J. Med. Chem.

Experience

1. Scientific Director

   Bristol Myers Squibb

   Jun 2024 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  PhD, Computational Chemistry

  1995 — 2000

• Utkal University

  M. Sc., Chemistry

  1992 — 1994

Skills

• Chemistry
• Drug Discovery
• Organic Chemistry
• Hit to Lead
• Bayesian Methods
• Tuberculosis
• Qsar
• Fragment Based Lead Generation
• Project Management
• Life Sciences
• Internet Recruiting
• Docking
• Hit Triage
• Publications
• Molecular Modeling
• Molecular Dynamics
• Quantum Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Cheminformatics
• Biochemistry
• High Throughput Screening
• Computational Chemistry
• Dmpk
• Project Leadership
• Lead Optimisation
• Lead Generation
• Infectious Diseases
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• External Collaboration
• Quantum Mechanics
• Malaria
• Lead Change
• Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Drug Design
• Virtual Screening
• Computer Aided Drug Design