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An IIT alumna, Jissy earned her PhD in computational chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. She worked in the area of nucleic acid G-quartets at IISER. Her professional journey has taken her across continents, collaborating with research organizations in India, France, Germany, and Italy. As a Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Jissy's work secured a funding grant of approximately 180,000 euros from the European Union (Horizon 2020), dedicated to anti-cancer drug discovery. Her expertise lies in the application of quantum mechanics, QM/MM, semi-empirical methods, Molecular Dynamics, virtual screening, molecular fingerprinting, and homology modeling for an in-depth understanding of biomolecular interactions. She was awarded the Promis in Comp Award from the American Chemical Society in 2019, recognizing her as an exceptional talent in Computational Chemistry.
Publications Summary: 19 peer-reviewed papers, including 12 first-author publications. h-index: 14, 586 citations.
Experience
Experience
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024 Principal Investigator
BBRC
Apr 2022 - Oct 2023 Principal Investigator
Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 Senior Lead Investigator
Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021 Manager, Drug Discovery
Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Dec 2017 - Nov 2019 Marie Curie Experienced Researcher
Molecular Modeling and Drug Discovery Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Genova, Italy
Jan 2016- Nov 2017 Senior researcher
Center for nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan 2014- Dec 2015 Researcher
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Jan 2010- May 2013 Doctoral Researcher
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Education
Education
Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERTVM), India.
Masters in Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Roorkee), India.
Bachelors in Chemistry, Delhi University, India. (Secured First Rank among 18 colleges (more than 500 students)).
Scientific Talks
Scientific Talks
Aug 2019 Recipient of Promise in COMP Award: Upcoming ACS Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Jul 2019 Gordon Research Seminar on Computer Aided Drug Design, Mount Snow, USA.
Jun 2019 MSCA IF event (European Commission) on Antimicrobial Resistance, Barcelona, Spain.
May 2019 12th European Workshop in Drug Design, Siena, Italy.
Mar 2019 6th CDDD Meeting, Computationally Driven Drug Discovery, Rome, Italy.
Funding and Awards
Funding and Awards
2019 Promise in COMP Award at the ACS Meeting in August 25-29, 2019 in San Diego, CA.
2017 PRACE funding for supercomputing time on CINECA supercomputer.
2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.
2011 Financial Grant from Department of Science and Technology, India to present my work at ESF Research Conference on "Charge Transfer in Biosystems", Austria.
2011 National Senior Research Fellowship for the Ph.D. program, India.
2009 National Junior Research Fellowship for the Ph.D. program, India.
2005 Summer Research Fellowship for Visiting Students Research Programme (VSRP), - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.
2004 Durga Devi memorial Prize for First Position, B.Sc. Chemistry, Delhi University.
Contact
Contact
jissyakkara[AT]gmail.com
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