Currently part of Susruta Majumdar’s laboratory, I am exploring the chemistry and pharmacology of several distinct molecular scaffolds which hold potential as novel therapeutically active pain-relieving agents. My work centers on the molecular design and exploration of structure-activity relationships, the study of receptor signaling biology (GPCRs), biased agonism, and development of diversity-oriented synthetic approaches to enable rapid exploration of chemical space. I am also in charge of the biological studies performed in our team. This includes the in vivo assessment of analgesic properties and behavioral changes exhibited by the compounds synthesized within our laboratory.