Matthew Todd (chemist)
Matthew H. Todd | |
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| Born | Matthew Houghton Todd 13 January 1973 Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Open Source Malaria Open Source Tuberculosis Open Source Mycetoma |
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| Thesis | Novel encoding strategies for combinatorial chemistry (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Chris Abell |
| Other academic advisors | Paul A. Bartlett |
| Notable students | Alice Motion |
| Website | The Todd Group |
Matthew Houghton Todd (born 13 January 1973) is a British chemist and the Professor and Chair of Drug Discovery of the School of Pharmacy at University College London. He is the founder of Open Source Malaria (OSM) and his research focuses on drug discovery and development for this disease. Recently, he has expanded to other areas, particularly neglected diseases such as tuberculosis and mycetoma in the Open Source Tuberculosis (OSTB) and Open Source Mycetoma (MycetOS) project, through a collaboration with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and Erasmus MC. In addition, he has some research activity in catalysis and methodology.