PhD in Computational Drug Discovery @U of Georgia

A fully funded PhD studentship is available at the College of Engineering, University of Georgia, U.S.A. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Paul Zhong-Ru Xie.
The cost of bringing a new drug to the market has been dramatically increasing; therefore, virtual drug discovery has become one of the top interests of industry and academy. Our lab is particularly interested in the research topics of computational drug discovery. Our research objectives include:
• Identifying drug candidates with well-established computational tools
• Creating new computational drug discovery methods and improving existing methodologies
• Building models to simulate biological systems
We are looking for self-motivated students who are interested in research in computational drug discovery. Students with coding experiences (especially C++ and/or Python) or knowledge of proteins are highly encouraged to apply. For consideration, please send your CV (with a list of references) and a cover letter to Dr. Paul Xie at paulxie@uga.edu. For guaranteed review, please contact Dr. Paul Xie directly – direct applications to the graduate school without prior contact are not advised.


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