Project Mentors


Michael Hageman
  • Valentino J. Stella Distinguished Professor
  • Director, Biopharmaceutical Innovation & Optimization Center
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • University of Kansas
  • Mentor to Hyunjoon Kim, Research Project Investigator

Lynn Hancock
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Molecular Biosciences
  • University of Kansas
  • Mentor to Rosanna Ferreira, Pilot Project Investigator

Kristi Neufeld
  • Frank B. Tyler Professor of Cancer Research
  • Department of Molecular Biosciences
  • University of Kansas
  • Mentor to Robin Orozco, Research Project Investigator

Berl R. Oakley
  • Irving S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology
  • Department of Molecular Biosciences
  • University of Kansas
  • Mentor to Caetano Antunes, Research Project Investigator

Teruna Siahaan
  • Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor and
  • Associate Chair, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas
  • Mentor to Ming Zhao, Pilot Project Investigator