Understanding the Basics of QSAR for Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Risk Assessment

Dr. Kunal Roy is a Professor and Ex-Head in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has been a recipient of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (University of Manchester, 2007) and Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship (University of Manchester, 2013). The field of his research interest is QSAR and Molecular Modeling with application in Drug Design and Ecotoxicological Modeling. Dr. Roy has published more than 350 research articles in refereed journals (current SCOPUS h index 49). He has also coauthored two QSAR-related books, edited six QSAR books and published more than ten book chapters. Dr. Roy is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Diversity (Springer Nature). He also serves as a member of the Editorial Boards of several International Journals.

Chapter 1: Background of QSAR and Historical developmentsChapter 2: Chemical information and DescriptorsChapter 3: Classical QSARChapter 4: Topological QSARChapter 5: Computational chemistryChapter 6: Selected Statistical methods in QSARChapter 7: Validation of QSAR modelsChapter 8: Introduction to 3D-QSARChapter 9: Newer QSAR techniquesChapter 10: Other related techniquesChapter 11: Future avenues