Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar received his doctoral degree in Medicinal Chemistry in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sang‐Hun Jung at Chungnam National University, South Korea. In 2011, he won a “Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (JSPS)” for 2 years with Prof. Dr. Yoshio Hayashi at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan. He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship (AvH) in 2013 for 2 years with Prof. Dr. Christa E. Müller at University of Bonn, Germany. He worked as a visiting scientist at the Prof. Steven V. Ley's Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, and University of Cambridge. Currently he is working on developing modulators/inhibitors for SARS‐CoV‐2 Mpro and various G‐protein‐coupled receptors.