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4.08/20/2025

Always approachable and easy to talk to.

4.05/21/2025

A true role model for academic success.

5.03/31/2025

Encourages independent and critical thought.

4.02/27/2025

A true mentor who cares about success.

5.02/7/2025

Inspires growth and curiosity in every student.

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Ben Capuano is Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences within the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University. He obtained his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from Monash University in 2001 and has accumulated over 20 years of experience as a synthetic medicinal chemist. Previously serving as Senior Lecturer in the same faculty, Capuano now leads research focused on the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of small biomolecules targeting G protein-coupled receptors implicated in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. His work also encompasses analogues of the opium poppy-derived alkaloid noscapine as novel anticancer agents, allosteric modulators of central muscarinic receptors for Alzheimer's disease treatment, and fragment-based drug discovery for inhibitors of the enzymes DsbA as potential antibacterial agents and HIV-integrase as anti-HIV agents. Expertise includes solution and solid-phase organic synthesis, comprehensive chemical purification and characterisation, molecular modeling techniques such as virtual screening and docking, and training in in vitro functional and behavioural assays.