Faculty
Bharat Bhattarai
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Bharat Bhattarai hails from Nepal, the beautiful country of Mt. Everest, and holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and molecular cell biology from Inha University, South Korea. After several years of postdoctoral research at the University of Manitoba and the University of Connecticut, he started his teaching career at universities. He brings over two decades of teaching and research experience with undergraduate students. Before joining Flagler College, he was an associate professor of chemistry at Waldorf University, Forest City, Iowa. Dr. Bhattarai’s research focus is design, synthesis, and optimization of small organic molecules towards the development of drugs for the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and different types of cancers.