Mr. Suraj Gupta is a fourth-year PhD Research Scholar at the Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India, working under the supervision of Professor Sajeli Begum. His research involves the development of novel small-molecule cytokine inhibitors. A passionate medicinal chemistry enthusiast, his journey began during his B.Pharm and M.Pharm studies, where he contributed to several drug discovery projects at BITS Pilani and CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. His work spans areas such as anti-HIV drug discovery, smart-drug design for cancer using cheminformatics, and COVID-19 drug repurposing.
Alongside research, Suraj is deeply committed to teaching. Outside the lab, he channels his creativity into music as a guitarist and singer in his own band.