Amewu Lab at the University of Ghana
Prof. Richard Kwamla Amewu contributes the consortium with his expertise in synthetic organic chemist. His research covers drug-design, chemical biology, and medicinal chemistry of antimalarial, antimycobacterial, and anticancer drugs as well as treatment for neglected diseases. Prof. Amewu’s explores the key pharmacophore in natural products and designs semi synthetic or purely synthetic as well as manipulation of undruglike chemical entities with therapeutic properties into druglike compounds.