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Members and Staff
Becoming a Member
Faculty and Advisory Committee
| Name |
Positions |
| Robert Vince |
Director, Center for Drug Design
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry |
| Courtney Aldrich |
Associate Professor, Center for Drug Design
Associate Director, Center for Drug Design |
| Kumar G. Belani |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology |
| Marna Ericson |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Professor, Department of Dermatology |
| David M. Ferguson |
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute |
| Robert Geraghty |
Associate Professor, Center for Drug Design
Associate Director, Center for Drug Design |
| Stephen S. Hecht |
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, University of Minnesota Cancer Center |
| Thomas R. Hoye |
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, Department of Chemistry |
| Yinduo Ji |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Associate Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences |
| Louis M. Mansky |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Director, Institute for Molecular Virology
Professor, Departments of Microbiology and Diagnostic and Biological Sciences |
| Herbert Nagasawa |
Adjunct Member, Center for Drug Design |
| Irina Nesmelova |
Member, Center of Drug Design,
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics |
| Krzysztof W. Pankiewicz |
Professor, Center for Drug Design
Senior Associate Director, Center for Drug Design
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry |
| Steve Patterson |
Associate Professor, Center for Drug Design
Associate Director, Center for Drug Design
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee |
| Christine Salomon |
Assistant Professor, Center for Drug Design
Assistant Director, Center for Drug Design |
| Yuk Sham |
Assistant Professor, Center for Drug Design
Assistant Director, Center for Drug Design |
| William M. Shannon |
Consultant |
| Thomas Shier |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry |
| Natalia Tretyakova |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry |
| Paul Tuite |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic |
| Michael Walters |
Member, Center for Drug Design
Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Director, Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development |
| Zhengqiang Wang |
Assistant Professor, Center for Drug Design
Assistant Director, Center for Drug Design |
| George L. Wilcox |
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee
Professor, Department of Neuroscience |
Administrative Staff
| Name |
Position |
| Elizabeth Wolfson |
Associate Director
Center for Drug Design Advisory Committee |
| Wanda Lee |
Principal Accountant, Supervisor |
| Phillip Luttmers |
Principal Accountant |
| Julie Schneider |
Executive Accountants Specialist |
Research Staff
Group photos of the research staff are also available. Note: the group photos are not currently up to date.
| Name |
Position |
Research Group |
| Jay Chauhan |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Patterson |
| Liqiang Chen |
Research Associate |
Pankiewicz |
| Narsihmulu Cheryala |
Research Assistant |
Vince |
| Marisa Dean |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Geraghty |
| Michael Donald |
Laboratory Technician |
Salomon |
| Christine Dreis |
Scientist |
Vince |
| Benjamin Duckworth |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Aldrich |
| Krzysztof Felczak |
Research Associate |
Pankiewicz |
| Kimberly Grimes |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Aldrich |
| Mei Hua |
Research Associate |
Vince |
| John Hurts |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Salomon |
| Hiqmet Kamberaj |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Sham |
| Jessica Keller |
Assistant Scientist |
Aldrich |
| Claire Le Manach |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Patterson |
| Garrett McLean |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Sham |
| Alexandre Monteil |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Patterson |
| Sergey Negrashov |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Sham |
| Joao Neres |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Aldrich |
| Abbas Raza |
Research Associate |
Vince |
| Yudi Rusman |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Salomon |
| Lori Schmidt |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Salomon |
| Ce Shi |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Aldrich |
| Rohit Singh |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Vince/Wang |
| Dan Schneider |
Undergraduate Research Assistant |
Salomon |
| Venkata Sirivolu |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Wang |
| Michael Staake |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Patterson |
| Jing Tang |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Wang |
| Mahalakshmi Vasan |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Aldrich |
| Daniel Wilson |
Research Fellow |
Aldrich |
| Jose Yu |
Postdoctoral Associate |
Pankiewicz |
Scientific Advisory Committee
The Scientific Advisory Committee consists of national experts in the area of drug discovery and design, both in academics and industry. They perform an external scientific review of the Center for Drug Design's research activities and programs.
| Name |
Affiliation |
| Stephen Benkovic, PhD |
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry
Eberly College of Science |
| Laurence Hurley, PhD |
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Pharmacology And Toxicology |
| John R. MacDonald, PhD, DABT |
MGI Pharma, Inc.
Senior VP Research & Development |
| Garland Marshall, PhD |
Washington University
School of Medicine
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics |
| Sidney Pestka, MD |
The State University of New Jersey-Rutgers
Dept. Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Alex Wlodawer, PhD |
National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory |
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