Naomi Rajapaksa

Naomi is a medicinal chemist at Interline with over seven years of experience in structure- and property-based drug design. She started her industrial career at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in the area of antiviral drug discovery. Prior to Interline, she was a Senior Scientist and team leader at Genentech, where she contributed to the medicinal chemistry efforts on projects in immunology and oncology. Naomi received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University under the guidance of Eric Jacobsen, studying asymmetric catalysis and synthesis, and a B.S. in chemistry from Stanford University. In her spare time, Naomi enjoys traveling and trying new cuisines.