Daniel K. Afosah is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, VCU. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from VCU in 2017, and is currently an NIH K99/R00 Scholar, collaborating with both the Desai lab at VCU and the Hoffmeister lab at the Versiti Blood Research Institute (VBRI) on the modulation of thrombopoiesis using synthetic, sulfated GAG mimetics. His expertise is in the area of organic synthesis, biophysical and biochemical assays, structure−function relationships, and photoaffinity labeling technology.