Our Group Overview

A Commitment to Excellence

The Rahman Lab at King’s College London focuses on translational drug discovery to address urgent medical needs in infection, cancer, tuberculosis, and inflammation. We have pioneered efflux-resistant antimicrobials, novel anticancer payloads and PROTACs, and heme oxygenase-1 inhibitors for immunotherapy.

With 23 patents and three spin-out companies, our group translates innovation into real-world therapies. We collaborate widely with academic and industry partners across the UK, Europe, and the USA to deliver novel, impactful medicines that combat antimicrobial resistance, advance anticancer therapy and improve patient outcomes.

Dr Miraz Rahman is a Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London.

Postdoctoral fellows

Dr Paolo
Andriollo

Postdoctoral fellow

Dr Manasa Punaha Ravindra

Postdoctoral fellow

Dr Mohammad Askarzadeh

Postdoctoral fellow

Dr Nasima Chowdhury

Postdoctoral fellow


PhD Students

Emre Demirel

PhD Student

Md Ashiqul Islam

PhD Student

Yunxiao Li

PhD Student

Sihan Liu

PhD Student

Pria Pretheshan

PhD Student

Yuchen Lu

PhD Student

Adela Popi

PhD Student

Yifei Mo

PhD Student

Kubra Ekinci

Visiting PhD Student

Afroza Rahman

Visiting PhD Student

Tasnim Ferdous

Visiting PhD Student

Visual Abstracts of Our Ongoing Projects