About Us
Meet the team behind FIXED PDB
Afshin Fassihi (PharmD, PhD)
is a professor in medicinal chemistry at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) since 2015. He earned his PharmD degree in 1995 and subsequently pursued his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry until 2003, both in IUMS. In the meantime, in order to develop his Ph.D. research, he joined a research group in Alberta University, Canada; Prof. Edward E Knaus research group, in which he worked as a post-doctoral fellow. Moreover, he expanded his research horizon by serving as a visiting scientist in Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada in 2012 and a member of the BIO-HPC, UCAM, Murica, Spain in 2014. His main focus has been on computational drug design, for HIV inhibitory effects in particular. He is now an active member of School of Pharmacy Research Centers in IUMS and the head of fixed-pdb project.
Mohammad Hasan Nazari (PharmD)
Graduated with a PharmD from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (2025), where he developed a strong interdisciplinary foundation in medicinal chemistry, structural biology, and bioinformatics. His research focus centers on chemoinformatics and computer-aided drug design. Since 2022, he has been actively contributing to computational projects in the Medicinal Chemistry Department, including advanced molecular docking, PDB structure curation, and the development of automated pipelines for virtual screening. He collaborated with Professor Fassihi’s research group on refining Protein Data Bank (PDB) files, where he designed and implemented robust workflows to correct structural defects for his ongoing efforts to bridge structural bioinformatics with drug discovery.
Mahsa Sheikholeslami (PharmD)
has been an active participant in PharmD program at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences since 2018, with expectations of completing her studies in the near future. Her academic focus has primarily revolved around the realm of drug discovery, and she has been engaged in research endeavors under the mentorship of Professor Fassihi. Alongside her pharmaceutical pursuits, Mahsa has exhibited a notable enthusiasm for data sciences, demonstrating a proactive approach in acquiring knowledge from diverse educational sources. Within the scope of her involvement in this project, she assumes the responsibilities of data collection, management and the curation of protein-related data.