Arun Kumar
Assistant Professor
PhD (Shoolini University); GPAT qualified
Arun Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Shoolini University, Solan. He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Shoolini University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Himachal Pradesh Technical University.
A GPAT-qualified professional (2019), Asst Prof Arun Kumar’s research expertise spans synthetic chemistry, organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and computational studies. He has published his work in reputed Scopus and SCIE-indexed journals and has presented at various international conferences, reflecting both his academic rigour and active engagement with the global scientific community.
Publications
- Kumar A, Kaushal A, Verma PK, Gupta MK, Chandra G, Kumar U, Yadav AK, Kumar D. An insight into recent developments in imidazole-based heterocyclic compounds as anticancer agents: Synthesis, SARs, and mechanism of actions. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2024:116896. (Elsevier, IF: 6.0).
- Kumar A, Yadav AK, Mishra V, Kumar D. Recent advancements in triazole-based click chemistry in cancer drug discovery and development. SynOpen. 2023; 7(02):186208. (Thieme, IF: 2.0)
- Kumar A, Kumar D. The versatility of phenothiazines as an anticancer drug scaffold. Future Medicinal Chemistry. 2025:1-3. (Taylor & Francis Online, IF: 3.2)
- Kumar A, Vigato C, Boschi D, Lolli ML, Kumar D. Phenothiazines as anti-cancer agents: SAR overview and synthetic strategies. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2023; 254:115337. (Elsevier, IF: 6.0)
- Martino E, Thakur S, Kumar A, Yadav AK, Boschi D, Kumar D, Lolli M. Insight in Quinazoline-based HDAC Inhibitors as Anti-cancer Agents. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 2024; 24(22):1983-2007. (Bentham Science, IF: 3.3)
- Reddy MR, Kumar A, Kumar D, Yadav AK. An efficient and mild method for the synthesis of tetrazolo-fused-pyridine derivatives. Arkivoc. 2023; (viii):202412169 (Journal IF: 0.9)
- Sharma A, Kumar A, Pandey S, Kumar D. Importance of photophosphatidylserine and Tim-3 in photoimmunotherapy. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 2022; 13(11):1274-5. (Royal Society of Chemistry, IF: 4.1)
- Kumar A, Sharipov M, Turaev A, Azizov S, Azizov I, Makhado E, Rahdar A, Kumar D, Pandey S. Polymer-based hybrid nanoarchitectures for cancer therapy applications. Polymers. 2022; 14(15):3027. (MDPI, IF: 4.9)
- Kumar A, Singh KR, Ghate MD, Lalhlenmawia H, Kumar D, Singh J. Bioinspired quantum dots for cancer therapy: A mini-review. Materials Letters. 2022; 313:131742. (Elsevier, I.F. 2.7)
Book Chapters:
- Arya RK, Kumar A, Guglani A, Bisht D, Kumar D. Chromene as Antioxidants. In The Role of Chromenes in Drug Discovery and Development 2023 Aug 8 (pp. 215-224). Bentham Science Publishers.
Conferences:
- Arun Kumar, Vivek Panwar, Deepak Kumar. Design and docking studies of phenothiazine clubbed 1,2,3-triazole derivatives with human topoisomerase IIα and aromatase. 27th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2022) at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, 16-19th Nov 2022. (International Conference – Poster presentation)
- Participated in, 2nd International Conference on Plant Physiology and Biotechnology (ICPPB) held from 20-21st April 2023, organized by the School of Bio-engineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab. (International Conference)
- Participated in Startup Ideas Poster Presentation Competition on Healthcare, Smart cities, Industry 4.0, Smart devices Powered by AI/ML, Smart and Precision Farming, Drones, EVs. Organized by iHUB Shoolini, supported by iHUB DivyaSampark @ IIT Roorkee on 28-29th Feb 2024. (Poster Presentation Competition)
- Participated in the ACS Seminars on Advances in Polymer Nanocomposites organized by the American Chemical Society and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee on 18th & 19th Oct, 2021. (Seminar)
- Participated in National Seminar on Exploring the History of Traditional Medicines in the Himalayas organized by Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on 10-11 May 2024. (Seminar)
- Participated in Webinar On "How to Read Scientific Literature?" organized by Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir, in association with MANAV Human Atlas Initiative funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India on 24th September 2021 (Webinar)
- Participated in IP Awareness/Training program under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission on 26th April, 2022, organized by Intellectual Property Office, India. (Training program)
Email: arunkumar5@shooliniuniversity.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-arun-kumar-7700bb16b
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Nx6zNLQAAAAJ