Dr. Harpreet Shah

• Providing scientific support to global pharmaceutical companies and universities for Elsevier’s life sciences product portfolio • Collaborating with global sales and enterprise services teams to meet customer needs and identify possible business opportunities • Acting as a voice of customer to product management and R&D teams

Creation of educational video tutorials for standard and higher level International Baccalaureate Chemistry syllabus

Editing of manuscripts for standard scientific English and free of unclear or unidiomatic sentences, adhering to subject-specific conventions and journal guidlines

Developed study materials and reviewed questions bank for National level Engineering and Medical entrance exams (India)

Computer-aided design of inhibitors of oncogenic heat shock protein (Hsp70) • Investigated ligand binding affinity in homologous Hsp70s, based on a force-field based scoring function • Performed structure-based ligand screening to determine principal interactions for inhibitor designing • Corroborated computed statistics with binding assay results from experimental partners (SFB1035) • Managed projects within timeline, prepared status reports, grant proposals, scientific presentations

• Confirmed experimental binding pose of biomarkers to human serum albumin, using blind docking simulations • Hypothesized protein/peptide models for amyloidogenesis • Studied folding and stability of proteins using thermodynamic analysis, free energy profiles, and determined folding mechanisms • Mentored masters’ students in their research thesis: from simulation design, execution, analysis, to final result interpretation