Dr. Venkateswarlu Yarlagadda

Research Background

• June 2022 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay

• November 2020 – April 2022: Scientist II, Medicinal chemistry, Dalriada Drug Discovery, Inc., Canada

• January 2016 – October 2020: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Canada

    Research guide: Prof. Gerard D. Wright, FRSC, FAAM

    Research topics: Genome-guided identification of antibiotic producers, Natural product antibiotic discovery, Bioactivity-guided natural product purification, Antibiotic adjuvants, Antibiotic synthetic biology

• January 2010 – November 2015: Ph.D. researcher in the group of Prof. Jayanta Haldar at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India

Educational Background

• 2010 – 2015: Ph. D., Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore (2015)

     Thesis supervisor: Prof. Jayanta Haldar, FRSC

     Thesis topic: Semi-synthetic Glycopeptide Antibiotics: Strategies to Combat Acquired and Intrinsic Bacterial Resistance

• 2007 – 2009: M. Sc. Organic Chemistry, P.B. Siddhartha College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh

• 2004 – 2007: B. Sc. (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology), C.R. College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh (2007)

Awards & Honors:

•  Associate Editor - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ACS (January 2026 - )

• Topic Editor - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (March 2024 - December 2025 )

• Early Career Editorial Board Member - ACS Infectious Diseases (January 2024 - )

• Review Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology (Section: Antimicrobials, resistance, and chemotherapy) (March 2023 - February 2024)

• Member of The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2022)

• Young Faculty Award, IIT Bombay (2022)

• Michael G DeGroote Postdoctoral research award, McMaster University, Canada (2016)

• BIRAC-SRISTI Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Grant (2016)

• BIRAC-SRISTI Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award under the technological edge category (2015)

• SERB - International Travel Grant (2014)

• Best poster presentation award in an International Conference on Current Trends on Drug Discovery Research (2013)

• CSIR - Senior Research Fellowship (2012)

• Best Poster Presentation Award at the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Meeting (2011)

• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) jointly conducted by CSIR and UGC (2009) in chemical sciences

• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship (LS) jointly conducted by CSIR and UGC (2008) in chemical sciences

• Gold medal in securing highest marks in B. Sc. (2007)