David Leaver
Senior Lecturer In Biochemistry at Charles Sturt University
Wagga Wagga City Council, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolDavid Leaver is a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and medicinal chemist with a PhD in Organic Chemistry from La Trobe University and over a decade of experience translating early-stage drug discovery into rigorous, high-impact research. His work focuses on designing therapeutics that target specific proteins to improve outcomes for life-threatening diseases, combining medicinal chemistry and chemical biology approaches. He has held research and teaching roles across Australia and the US, including postdoctoral positions at Monash and Texas Tech and faculty roles at Sul Ross State University before joining Charles Sturt University. David’s collaborative projects have appeared in top journals such as Nature and Cell Metabolism, and he has contributed cover-level work to the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Known for tackling the hardest problems in hit-to-lead discovery, he brings both industry experience and a strong track record of interdisciplinary partnerships. Based in regional New South Wales, he blends global research connections with practical mentorship of the next generation of chemists.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Chemistry at La Trobe University
Github Skills (6)
sem10
api7
python6
beam6
microscopy4
shared-configuration1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DeMarcoLab/PIEScope
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:86 commits in 1 year 7 months
DeMarcoLab/piescope_gui
Jul 2019 - May 2022
GUI for DeMarco lab FIB-SEM controls.
Contributions:236 commits, 2 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 10 months
semfiblabgui
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