Arthur Christopoulos

Arthur Christopoulos is an Australian Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at Monash University.

[4] Christopoulos obtained a Bachelor of Pharmacy and his PhD from the Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, and subsequently pursued postdoctoral studies in the Department of Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, prior to returning to Australia to establish his laboratory within the Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne.

Arthur Christopoulos’ research focuses on allosteric mechanisms of drug action and signal-pathway biased agonism at G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) – the largest class of drug targets - and incorporates molecular pharmacology, computational and mathematical modeling, medicinal chemistry, structural and chemical biology, and animal models of behaviour.

[11] Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics has annually regularly named him a Highly Cited Researcher in Pharmacology and Toxicology.

[12] In 2021, Arthur was named a Highly Cited Researcher in both Pharmacology and Toxicology and Biology and Biochemistry categories.