Members
Small Molecule Drug Discovery
Aktar Ali
Associate Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Metabolic Disease, Obesity/Diabetes.
Expertise: Cell Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology
Brandon Ashfeld
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders
Expertise: Medicinal Chemistry
Brian Blagg
Charles Huisking Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Director, Warren Center for Drug Discovery
Indications: Cancer, Cardiovascular, CNS Disorders, Metabolic Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry
Mayland Chang
Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease, Wound Healing
Expertise: DMPK, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology
Juan Del Valle
William K. Warren Family Professor, Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry
Christian Melander
George & Winifred Clark Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Infectious Disease
Expertise: DMPK, Drug Delivery, Medicinal Chemistry
Shahriar Mobashery
Navari Family Professor in Life Sciences
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease, Wound Healing
Expertise: Biochemistry, Carbohydrate, Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Brittany Morgan
John V. O'Connor Assistant Professor in Cancer Drug Discovery, University of Notre Dame
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Mari Morimoto
Huisking Foundation, Inc. Assistant Professor
Indications: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, Life Process
Expertise: Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Herman Sintim
Grace-Rupley Professor of Chemical Biology; Associate Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute
Indications: Cancer, Infectious Disease, Inflammation
Expertise: Biochemistry, Drug Development, Medicinal Chemistry
Richard Taylor
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Biochemistry, Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology
Olaf Wiest
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Infectious Disease, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry, Structural Biology
Biological Collaborators
Brian Baker
Rev. John A Zahm, Professor; Endowed Chair, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Immunology
Expertise: Biochemistry, Computational Drug Design, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Structural Biology
Basar Bilgicer
CBE Director of Graduate Admissions, Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Concurrent, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Immunology
Expertise: Bioengineering, Diagnostics, Drug Delivery, Protein Engineering
Patricia Clark
Associate VP ND Research, Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara C.S.C. Professor of Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame; Concurrent Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Indications: Life Process, Measurement, Medicine
Expertise: Biochemistry, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Saurja DasGupta
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Concurrent Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Indications: Biochemistry, Life Process
Expertise: RNA Biochemistry, Synthetic Biology
Meenal Datta
Assistant Professor, Aerospace and Mechincal Engineering
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Immunology, Infectious Disease
Expertise: Animal Models, Bioengineering, Drug Delivery
Jed Fisher
Professional Specialist, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Infectious Disease
Expertise: Medicinal Chemistry
Kaiyu Fu
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease, Measurement, Metabolic Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Diagnostics, Drug Delivery, Measurements, Metabolism, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Holly Goodson
Interim Associate Dean for Education and Undergradate Programs, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Biochemistry, Life Process
Expertise: Computational Biology, Measurements, Molecular Biology
Kasturi Haldar
Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, C.S.C. Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Cardiovascular, CNS Disorders, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Metabolic Disease, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Animal Models, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Diagnostics, DMPK, Drug Delivery, Lipids, Metabolism, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Protein Engineering
Donny Hanjaya-Putra
Associate Professor, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Indications: Cancer, Cardiovascular, Thrombosis, Wound Healing
Expertise: Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Protein Engineering
Choon Kim
Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Infectious Disease, Metabolic Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Dana Klatt Shaw
Assistant Professor
Indications: CNS Disorders, Immunology, PNS Disorders, Wound Healing
Expertise: Animal Models, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Regeneration
Jianneng Li
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Cancer
Expertise: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Steriod Metabolim and Receptors
Laurie Littlepage
Campbell Family Assistant Professor of Cancer Reserach
Indications: Cancer
Expertise: Animal Models, Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Xin Lu
John M. and Mary Jo Boler Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Cancer, Immunology, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Animal Models, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Biology
MaryAnn McDowell
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences; Provost Fellow
Indications: Infectious Disease
Expertise: Entomology, Medicinal Chemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Glen Niebur
Professor and Chair, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Director, Bioengineering Graduate Program
Indications: Cancer Metastasis, Osteoporosis
Expertise: Bone Biology, Bone Mechanics, Mechanobiology, Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Christopher Patzke
John M. and Mary Jo Boler Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: CNS Disorders, PNS Disorders, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Animal Models, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology
Felipe Santiago-Tirado
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Immunology, Infectious Disease, Medical Mycology
Expertise: Cell Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Yeast genetics
Joshua Shrout
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Indications: Infectious Disease
Expertise: Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Bradley Smith
Emil T. Hofman Professor of Science, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Infectious Disease
Expertise: Biochemistry, Diagnostics, Drug Delivery, Lipids, Molecular Biology
Cody J. Smith
Gallagher Family Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: CNS Disorders, PNS Disorders
Expertise: Animal Models, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology
Sharon Stack
Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Ann F. Dunne & Elizabeth Riley Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute
Indications: Cancer
Expertise: Animal Models, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
Sergei Vakulenko
Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Infectious Disease
Expertise: Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Kevin Vaughan
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Cancer, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Katharine White
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders
Expertise: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering
Rebecca Wingert
Elizabeth and Michael Gallagher Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Indications: Genetic Conditions
Expertise: Animal Models, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology
Jeremiah Zartman
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Indications: Cancer, CNS Disorders, Epithelial Diseases, Wound Healing
Expertise: Animal Models, Biophysics, Genetics, Mechanobiology, Morphogenesis, Signal Transduction
Pinar Zorlutuna
Director, Bioengineering Graduate Program, Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering, College of Engineering
Indications: Cancer, Cardiovascular
Expertise: Bioengineering, Bioengineering Disease Pathology, Cell-Based Robotics & Computing, Cell Behavior, organ-on-chip diseases modeling, Tissue Engineered Disease Models
Analytical/ Physical Collaborators
William Boggess
Director, Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics Facility
Indications: Measurement
Expertise: Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Merlin Bruening
Donald and Susan Rice Professor of Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Indications: Cancer, Immunology
Expertise: Diagnostics, Drug Design, Protein Engineering
Jon Camden
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Indications: Measurement
Expertise: Diagnostics, Physical/Analytical Chemistry, Spectroscopy
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Matthew Champion
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Genetic Conditions
Expertise: Biochemistry, Genetics, Genome Editing Technologies
Steven Corcelli
Interim Dean, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Immunology
Expertise: Computational Drug Design, Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Matthew Webber
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Indications: Cancer, Cardiovascular, Metabolic Disease
Expertise: Drug Delivery, Protein Engineering
Drug Discovery Consultants and Advisors
Paul Helquist
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Associate Chair
Indications: Cancer, Rare Diseases
Expertise: Computational Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry
Marvin Miller
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Indications: Cancer, Infectious Disease
Expertise: Medicinal Chemistry, Microbiology
Anthony Serianni
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Indications: Rare Diseases
Expertise: Biochemistry, Carbohydrate, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology