Marcus Vinicius Nora

Marcus Vinicius
Nora Fiocruz Research Institute
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

Marcus V. N. de Souza was awarded his Ph. D. degree in organic synthesis from University Paris XI, Paris - France in 1999 under the supervision of Prof. Robert H. Dodd. He then worked with Prof. Robert H. Holton as postdoctoral research in medicinal chemistry at Florida State University - USA. Afterwards, he moved to University of Juiz de Fora - MG, Brazil where he worked as a visiting professor. At present, he was selected for a position at Fiocruz Research Institue, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil where he has a research group in medicinal chemistry synthesis department.

His main interest in research is centered on neglected disease (Tuberculosis and Malaria) and synthetic methodologies.