RSC Medicinal Chemistry Blog

Congratulations to Dr Fleur Ferguson, recipient of the 2026 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship! The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their early independent academic career. The RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board have selected Dr …

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Editorial Board member Dr Susanne Müller-Knapp (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany). Take a look…

2025 marks the 5th anniversary of RSC Medicinal Chemistry. We caught up with our Editor-in-Chief, Mike Waring from Newcastle University, to reflect on the last 5 years of our journal. What has been your favourite memory or highlight of leading RSC Med Chem as Editor-in-chief for the past 5 years? I have really enjoyed the editorial board meetings. The opportunity to get the editorial team togethe…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Editorial Board member Dr Hayley Binch (Hoffman-La Roche, Switzerland). Take a look at which artic…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to present our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Sally-Ann Poulsen (Griffith University, Australia). Take a look at which articles…

We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Editor Professor Christina Chai from National University of Singapore to the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board! Read on to find out more about Christina and her thoughts about the journal and her new role. More about Christina Christina Chai received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a PhD in free radical chemist…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Cynthia Dowd (George Washington University, USA). Take a look at which articles…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Jian Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China). Take a lo…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Sankar Guchhait (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (N…

RSC Medicinal Chemistry is delighted to introduce our Editor’s choice collection This collection showcases some of the best articles published in the journal, handpicked by our Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. Below we have a selection of recent RSC Medicinal Chemistry articles chosen by Associate Editor Maria Duca (Université Côte d’Azur – CNRS, France). Take a look at which articl…

Congratulations to Professor Michael Bollong, recipient of the 2025 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within th…

We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Editor Dr Susanne Müller-Knapp from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany to the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board! Read on to find out more about Susanne and her thoughts about the journal and her new role. More about Susanne Susanne Müller-Knapp is Chief Operating Officer at the Structural Genomics […]

Congratulations to Professor Luca Laraia, recipient of the 2024 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within the la…

We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Editor Professor Sankar Guchhait from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), India to the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board! Read on to find out more about Sankar and his thoughts about the journal and his new role. More about Sankar Sankar K. Guchhait is […]

Congratulations to Dr Christoph Nitsche, recipient of the 2023 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship.  The annual RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship recognises a researcher who has made a significant contribution to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery in their independent academic career, and is open to candidates who received their PhD within the las…

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We are delighted to announce that Professor Cynthia Dowd has joined RSC Medicinal Chemistry as an Associate Editor.   About Cynthia: Dr. Cynthia Dowd is a Professor of Chemistry at George Washington University (GWU), USA.  She obtained a BA in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University […]

We are delighted to announce that Professor Jian Zhang has joined RSC Medicinal Chemistry as an Associate Editor. About Jian: Jian Zhang is a Distinguished Professor and Head of Medicinal Chemistry & Bioinformatics Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine in China. In addition, he is also Dean of the School of Pharmacy at […]

Nir London receives the 2022 RSC Medicinal Chemistry Emerging Investigator Lectureship

We are delighted to announce that Professor Mike Waring has joined the RSC Medicinal Chemistry Editorial Board as our newest Editor-in-Chief! Mike said about joining as Editor-in-Chief: “RSC Medicinal Chemistry is one of the premier medicinal chemistry journals and we look forward to continuing to publish cutting edge science with the highest standards of rigour. I hope […]