Behnoush Hajian, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist I
Behnoush Hajian is a senior scientist I in the Center for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT) at the Ó³»´«Ã½ of MIT and Harvard under the direction of Christopher Lemke. She uses structural biology techniques, including X-ray crystallography, to determine three-dimensional structure of challenging macromolecular complexes and their mode of interactions with drug candidates. The goal of this structure-based drug design approach is to identify and optimize compounds that are suitable for clinical testing in the effort to develop new therapeutics for treating human diseases.
Hajian joined the Ó³»´«Ã½ in February 2019 after completing her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Connecticut (Anderson-Wright Group), where she worked on structure-based design of antifolates against antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases. She also holds a M.Sc. in biotechnology from Bu-Ali Sina University and a B.Sc. in plant pathology from Shiraz University.
Contact Behnoush Hajian via email at bhajian@broadinstitute.org.
January 2024
