Info for

Center Affiliates

Pilot Project Investigator
Brian Ackley
Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Pankaj Baral
Assistant Professor, Biology, Kansas State University
Pilot Project Investigator
Indranil Biswas
Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Research Project Investigator
Steven Bloom
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Zarco Boskovic
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Supplementary Pilot Project Investigator
David Davido
Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Justin Douglas
Lab Director, NMR Core Lab, KU
Affiliate
Luke Erber
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Research Project Investigator
Anthony Fehr
Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Revathi Govind
Associate Professor, Biology, Kansas State University
Mentor
Michael Hageman
Valentino J. Stella Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Affiliate
Patrick Hanway
Senior Licensing Associate, Office of Research, KU
Affiliate
Christine Huncovsky
Program/Project Associate, COBRE CEZID, Kansas State University
Affiliate
Iredia Iyamu
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Core Director
David Johnson
Director, Computational Chemical Biology Core, KU
Research Project Investigator
Hyunjoon Kim
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Internal Advisory Board Member
Susan Lunte
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry & COBRE CMADP Director, KU
Affiliate
Mary Markiewicz
Associate Professor Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Core Director
Peter McDonald
Director, Flow Cytometry Core Laboratory, KU
Affiliate
Erik Naylor
Chief Operating Officer, Design-Zyme LLC
Mentor
Berl Oakley
Irving S. Johnson Distinguished Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Core Director
Chamani Perera
Director, Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Laboratory, KU
Affiliate
Jürgen A. Richt
Distinguished Professor, Diag. Medicine/Path. & Director, COBRE CEZID, Kansas State University
Affiliate
Siva Sankari
Assistant Investigator & Assistant Professor, Stowers Institute
Affiliate
Anita Saraf
Director, Mass Spectrometry & Analytical Proteomics Laboratory, KU
Project Mentor
Frank Schoenen
Associate Research Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Joanna Slusky
Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Candan Tamerler
Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, KU
Co-Investigator
Jon Tunge
Professor, Chemistry, KU
Affiliate
Ilya Vakser
Director & Professor, Center for Computational Biology & Professor Molecular Biosciences, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Michael Wang
Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Affiliate
Rebecca J. Whelan
Associate Professor, Chemistry, KU
Investigator
Hongbing Yu
Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Affiliate
Michal Zolkiewski
Professor and Department Head, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University

Research Project Investigator
Caetano Antunes
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Carlo Barnaba
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Saswati Biswas
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Supplementary Pilot Project Investigator
Jeffrey Bose
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Pilot Project Investigator
Josephine Chandler
Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Mentor
Roberto De Guzman
Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Susan Egan
Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Research Project Investigator
Mark Farrell
Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Rosana Ferreira
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
William C. Groutas
Endowment Association's Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wichita State University
Mentor & Pilot Project Investigator
Lynn Hancock
Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Director
P. Scott Hefty
Professor and Chair, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Research Project Investigator
Justin Hutchison
Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, KU
Affiliate
Timothy Jackson
Professor and Chair, Chemistry, KU
Research Project Investigator
Maria Kalamvoki
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Affiliate
Scott Lovell
Director, Protein Structure & X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory, KU
Internal Advisory Board Member
Joe Lutkenhaus
Distinguished Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, KUMC
Affiliate
Ameya Mashruwala
Assistant Investigator & Assistant Professor, Stowers Institute
Affiliate
Jackob Moskovitz
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, KU
Mentor
Kristi Neufeld
Frank B. Tyler Professor of Cancer Research, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Research Project Investigator
Robin Orozco
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Peter Petillo
Founder and CEO, Design-Zyme LLC
Core Director
Anuradha Roy
Director, High Throughput Screening Core Laboratory, KU
Affiliate
Santimukul Santra
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missouri State University
Pilot Project Investigator
Shyam Sathyamoorthi
Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Teruna Siahaan
Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Affiliate
Liskin Swint-Kruse
Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, KUMC
Affiliate
Hubert Tse
Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC
Affiliate
Robert Unckless
Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, KU
Affiliate
Bao G. Vu
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Internal Advisory Board Member
Scott Weir
Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, KUMC
Affiliate
Michael Wolfe
Mathias P. Mertes Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Ming Zhao
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, KU
Pilot Project Investigator
Wolfram Zueckert
Professor, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Immunology, KUMC

Former Affiliates

Pilot Project Investigator
Cory Berkland
Mark and Becky Ruhmann Levin Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Pilot Project Investigator
Eric Deeds
Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology, UCLA
Project Mentor
Dan Dixon
Professor and Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UAMS
Former Affiliate
Romana Jarosova
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Colorado State University
Research Project Investigator
Ronak Tilvawala
Senior Scientist II, Scorpion Therapeutics
Former Affiliate
Jingxin Wang
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Research Project Investigator
Michael Clift
Principal Research Scientist I, AbbVie
Pilot Project Investigator
Brandon DeKosky
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
Pilot Project Investigator
Philip R. Hardwidge
Senior Associate Director, Bacterial Pathogenesis, Boehringer Ingelheim
Research Project Investigator
Stephanie Shames
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology, Michigan State University
Research Project Investigator
Zhilong Yang
Associate Professor,Veterinary Medicine & Biological Sciences, Texas A&M University