DIRECTORY
Medicinal Chemistry
Meet the Medicinal Chemistry Team
Balunas, Marcy
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School and Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Beleh, Mustapha , PhD
Director of Education and Frank J. Ascione Collegiate Teaching Professor in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Research Topics
Examining the use of Web-based teaching, including virtual labs, on student learning and satisfaction
Evaluating assessment and learning modules in pharmaceutical education
Study the role of remediation in pharmaceutical education
Diversity and inclusiveness in teaching
Asessment of remote versus in-person teaching and assessment in pharmaceutical education
Brooks III, Charles , PhD
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Chemistry; Cyrus Levinthal Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics; Director, Program in Biophysics; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Cernak, Timothy
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Chen, Y. Eugene
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Surgery, Professor of Pharmacology; and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Cichewicz, Robert
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, and John Searle Professor, College of Pharmacy
Research Topics
Natural products drug discovery and development (special interests in antifungal and antiparasitic biomolecules)
Fungi and their metabolites: structure determination, metabolomics, and biological activities
Nature-inspired peptidic biomolecules: synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and therapeutic applications
Cierpicki, Tomasz , PhD
Professor of Pathology, Medical School; Professor Biophysics, LSA; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Clasby, Martin
Assistant Research Scientist of Medicinal Chemistry and Co-Director of the Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Core
Clifford, Laura
Lecturer III
Garcia, George , PhD
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Research Topics
Developing novel antibiotics targeting eubacterial and mycobacterial (for tuberculosis) RNA polymerase
Virulence-targeted drug discovery against Shigella, one of the causative agents of acute diarrheal disease
Biosynthesis and physiological roles of the modified base queuine
Garner, Amanda , PhD
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director, Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Grembecka, Jolanta , PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Medical School; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Hastings, Michelle
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Kersten, Roland
Assistant Professor
Research Topics
Development of gene-guided approaches for plant natural product drug discovery
Elucidation of plant natural product biosynthesis
Development of synthetic biology approaches for diversification and pharmaceutical evaluation of plant natural products
Mass spectrometry-based identification of specialized metabolites
Evolution of plant specialized metabolism
Larsen, Scott , PhD
Joseph Burckhalter Collegiate Research Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, the Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Core
Research Topics
Development of small molecule hits from high throughput screening to in vivo proof-of-concept studies
Use of photoaffinity probes for identification of the molecular targets of small molecules from phenotypic HTS
Li, Yueying
Assistant Research Scientist
Lomize, Andrei , PhD
Research Scientist
Research Topics
Theoretical analysis of protein structure, folding, stability, evolution and interactions
Development of new methods, software and empirical energy functions for computational modeling of peptides, proteins and small molecules in membranes
Development of biological databases and other bioinformatics resources
Montgomery, John , PhD
Arthur F. Thurnau, Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Medicinal or Synthetic Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Nagorny, Pavel , PhD
Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
Narayan, Alison
Research Associate Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Co-Director, Michigan Life Sciences Fellows Program; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry