Dr. Arul Murugan obtained his Ph.D. in materials science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. After postdoctoral fellowships at ULB (Brussels), KTH (Stockholm) and UPC (Barcelona) he was appointed as a Docent (Associate professor) in theoretical chemistry and biology (April 2015) in TheochemBIO, KTH. His research interests focus on computational design of tracers for medical imaging of internal organs (mostly brain) and for facilitating early diagnosis of different neurodegenerative diseases. His research mainly deals with the aspects such as method development, applied research and basic research and revolves around neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.