Twenty-Nine U-M College of Pharmacy Faculty Among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists

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[Ann Arbor, Michigan] – Twenty-nine faculty members from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy have been named to the 2025 World’s Top 2% Scientists Network, an internationally recognized ranking that highlights the most influential researchers across all scientific disciplines.

The list, published by Stanford University in partnership with Elsevier, is based on rigorous citation-based metrics compiled through the Scopus database. Ranking criteria draw on a composite of standardized indicators – including citations, h-index and additional bibliometric measures – that together reflect both the reach and quality of a researcher’s impact.

Representing disciplines across Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy, the College’s honorees exemplify the strength, depth and global influence of our research community.

• 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, College of Pharmacy
• Balunas, Marcy – Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School and Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• 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, College of Pharmacy
• Cichewicz, Robert – Chair and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, and John Searle Professor, College of Pharmacy
• Cierpicki, Tomasz, PhD – Professor of Pathology, Medical School; Professor Biophysics, LSA; and Faculty Associate in the 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, College of Pharmacy
• Hertz, Daniel, PharmD, PhD – Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
• Lomize, Andrei, PhD – Research Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• 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, College of Pharmacy
• Moon, James, PhD – J. G. Searle Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Neamati, Nouri, PhD – John G. Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• Nikolovska-Coleska, Zaneta, PhD – Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular & Cellular Pathology PhD Program Associate Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS) University of Michigan Medical School; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• Pai, Amit – Chair, Chung-Chiang and Fung-Hwa Hsu Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
• Pogue, Jason – Clinical Professor, Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy
• Schwendeman, Anna, PhD – Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
• Schwendeman, Steven, PhD – Ara G. Paul Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Scott, Peter, PhD – Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Radiology, Program Assistant of Cyclotron Facility, Radiology, Section Head, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology and Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
• Sherman, David, PhD – Hans W. Vahlteich Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School; Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Co-Director, Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP)
• Smith, Janet, PhD – Margaret J. Hunter Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences and Professor of Biological Chemistry, Medical School; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Associate Director, Department of Life Sciences Institute; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• Stringer, Kathleen – Albert B. Prescott Collegiate Professor of Clinical and Translational Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Clinical Pharmacy
• Sun, Duxin, PhD – Associate Dean for Research, Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry
• Tessier, Peter – Albert M. Mattocks Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Toogood, Peter, PhD – Research Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Director of Michigan Drug Discovery (MDD), Medicinal Chemistry
• Traynor, John – Edward F Domino Research Professor and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School
• Walter, Nils – Francis S Collins Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• Wang, Shaomeng, PhD – Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School, and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
• Zhu, Guizhi (Julian), PhD – Ara Garo Paul Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
• Zhu, Haojie, PhD – Professor of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy

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The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy has been leading at pharmacy’s edge for 150 years. The first and oldest pharmacy school at a state university, the College — currently ranked #2 in the nation — has and continues to shape education in the field. Its faculty are internationally recognized and are innovators in drug discovery, development and delivery, precision pharmacotherapy, outcomes research, and clinical practice. More than 5,000 alumni are enhancing patient care and outcomes from the bench to the bedside, in boardrooms and communities, government agencies, and within healthcare companies.