Dr. Mukund P. Sibi has a wide range of synthetic expertise. His group has developed novel methods for the preparation of succinates, a common structural motif found in known MMP inhibitors. He also has made extensive contributions to the field of amino acid chemistry, radical chemistry and Chiral Lewis acid-mediated reactions.

Dr. Sibi is currently the director for the Center for Protease Research at North Dakota State University. The center hosted the Fargo Conference on Metalloproteinases in May 2003.