Senior Scientist
Merck & Co., Inc.
Yushra received her B.S. in Chemistry from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Organic Chemistry from Georgetown University, Washington, DC in 2020. Her graduate research was focused on design and synthesis of chiroptical sensors for asymmetric product and important biomolecules screening, chiral recognition studies, substrate-specific amino acid analysis, high-throughput screening and synthesis of drug candidates targeting various diseases. Yushra is currently a Senior Scientist in Oral Formulation Sciences at Merck & Co. Inc.