Gary Tarver's Biography
Gary Tarver, Team Leader, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Dr Tarver completed his PhD under the supervision of Varinder K. Aggarwal in 1997. Whilst at Merck he led a team who supported medicinal chemistry activities by development of new chemical routes, reaction optimisation and chemical scale up. In 2010 he moved to Cyclofluidic Ltd. where he designed and operated the automated flow chemistry equipment used to optimise the activity of chemical leads. Since 2019 Dr Tarver has led the Synthetic Methodology Group at the University of Dundee. The remit of the team covers diverse areas including technology development, reaction optimisation, late stage functionalisation, biotransformation, compound management, flow chemistry, chemical scale up and medicinal chemistry.