John Dearden's Biography

John Dearden, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University

Professor John Dearden is at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He has worked in the area of QSAR (quantitative structure-activity relationships) for over 40 years, using the technique to model and predict drug potency, drug toxicity, ADMET properties, ecotoxicity and adverse health effects, and physico-chemical properties of chemicals. He has published over 250 scientific papers and book chapters, and has edited two books on QSAR. In 2004 he received the International QSAR Award for significant contributions to QSAR in environmental sciences.