Program Mentors Program Mentors Heading link Copy link Joanna Burdette Ovarian cancer; Drug discovery Chun-Tao Che Isolation, structural elucidation, and modification of biologically active secondary plant metabolites Alessandra Eustaquio Drug discovery and development; Biosynthesis; Synthetic biology; Microbiology Michael Federle Intercellular Communication pathways in Bacterial Pathogens Scott Franzblau Drug discovery; High throughput screening assay development; Drug target identification Matt Henke Investigating the roles that molecules made by gut bacteria associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease may play in the onset and severity of disease. Jeremy Johnson Natural products research; application in solid organ cancers including prostate, colon, and breast Alexander (Shura) Mankin Mechanisms of antibiotic action Terry Moore Drug Discovery; Medicinal chemistry; Therapeutically important protein-protein interactions Brian Murphy Drug discovery from aquatic microorganisms Jimmy Orjala (co-PI) Drug discovery from cyanobacteria and plants Guido Pauli (PI/PD) Secondary metabolome & natural products biological activity assessment; spectroscopy; chromatography Andrew Riley Investigation of small molecules from natural products derivatives to determine how they interact with their macromolecular targets to treat pain and cancer. Jose Villegas Computational modeling and drug design. Zaijie (Jim) Wang Pharmacology of chronic pain and drug addiction Zongmin Zhao Drug delivery, biomaterials, cellular engineering, immunomodulation.
