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Arjun Sharma is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. ('16) in Chemistry from the University of New Orleans, LA, where he studied solvent polarity-dependent amphiphilic micelles with transdermal drug delivery applications. Arjun was a postdoctoral researcher at Lehigh University, PA, and worked on DNA-carbon nanotube hybrid nanosensors for early cancer detection. He continued his postdoctoral training at the University of Vermont, VT, studying the channel-gating mechanism of mechanosensitive proteins. He joined the Purdue University Fort Wayne's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in Spring 2023.

The Sharma Lab broadly focuses on understanding the interplay between proteins at the interface of the human immune system and gut microbiota using molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and quantum chemistry methodologies. Our research group operates at the interdisciplinary junction of biology, chemistry, physics, and computational science. We are also keen on exploring the integration of machine learning applications within our research framework. We foster collaborations with experimental groups to ensure the integration of our modeling efforts.