Bacterial Carbonic Anhydrases: Volume 55

About

Dr. Claudiu T. Supuran received his BSc in chemistry from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest Romania (1987) and PhD in chemistry at the same university in 1991. In 1990 he became Assistant and then Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bucharest. He was Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida Gainesville United States at Griffith University Brisbane Australia and Visiting Professor at University of La Plata Argentina. In 1995 he moved to the University of Florence Italy where he is currently Full Professor in the Department of Neuroscience Psychology Medicine and Child Health. His main research interests include design of enzyme inhibitors and activators heterocyclic chemistry chemistry of sulfonamides sulfamates and sulfamides biologically active organo-element derivatives QSAR studies X-ray crystallography of metallo-enzymes metal complexes with biologically active ligands (metal-based drugs) carbonic anhydrases cyclooxygenases serine proteases matrix metalloproteinases bacterial proteases and amino acid derivatives among others. He has published more than 1900 papers in these fields.