Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Faculty and Staff Official Web Pages

Curtis L. Ashendel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Biotechnology, Systems Biology, and Computational Biology
E-mail: ashendel@purdue.edu

Eric L. Barker, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs; Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Molecular Pharmacology of Antidepressant- and Cocaine-Sensitive Serotonin Transporters;
Endogenous Cannabinoid Transport
E-mail: ericb@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Donald E. Bergstrom, Ph.D., Walther Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
E-mail: bergstrom@purdue.edu

Richard F. Borch, Ph.D., M.D., Head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Anticancer Drugs: Design, Synthesis, and Mechanisms of Action
E-mail: borch@purdue.edu

Joseph L. Borowitz, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology

Neurotoxicology
E-mail: borowitz@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Ching-jer Chang, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Natural Products and Bioorganic Chemistry
E-mail: cjchang@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Mark S. Cushman, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry
E-mail: cushman@pharmacy.purdue.edu

V. Jo Davisson, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Natural Product Drugs, Chemical and Structural Biology, Bionanotechnology
E-mail: davisson@purdue.edu

Robert L. (Bob) Geahlen, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
E-mail: geahlen@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Arun K. Ghosh, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

E-mail: akghosh@purdue.edu

Richard A. Gibbs, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry, Synthesis and Mechanistic Evaluation of Anticancer Drugs
E-mail: rgibbs@purdue.edu

Marietta L. Harrison, Ph.D., Director, Oncological Sciences Center; Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
E-mail: harrisom@purdue.edu

Tony R. Hazbun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Area of Research: Functional genomics and Systems biology
E-mail: hazbun@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Gregory H. Hockerman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Molecular pharmacology
E-mail: gregh@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Chang-Deng Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Moleculary Pharmacology

Signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, drug discovery, C. elegans development, BiFC technology
E-mail: cdhu@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Gary E. Isom, Ph.D., Professor of Toxicology

Neurotoxicology
E-mail: geisom@purdue.edu

Douglas J. LaCount, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Systems biology of malaria parasites; protein-protein interactions
E-mail: dlacount@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Markus A. Lill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Computer-assisted drug design
E-mail: mlill@pharmacy.purdue.edu

G. Marc Loudon, Ph.D., Gustav E. Cwalina Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

E-mail: marc.loudon.1@purdue.edu

D. James Morre, Ph.D., Dow Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Cancer Research
E-mail: morre@pharmacy.purdue.edu

David E. Nichols, Ph.D., Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology

Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry
Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
E-mail: drdave@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Chiwook Park, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

System-wide Investigation of Protein Folding, Energetics, and Ligand Binding
E-mail: chiwook@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Carol B. Post, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Computational Chemistry and Biological NMR
E-mail: cbp@purdue.edu

David J. Riese, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Chair, PULSe Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology Training Group

ErbB Receptor Signal Transduction in Human Malignancies
E-mail: driese@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Jean-Christophe (Chris) Rochet, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Protein Misassembly Diseases
E-mail: rochet@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Charles O. (Chip) Rutledge, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology; Interim Vice Provost for Research; Executive Director, Discovery Park

E-mail: chipr@purdue.edu

Craig K. Svensson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Dean, College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences; Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Idiosyncratic drug reactions
E-mail: svensson@purdue.edu

Weiguo Andy Tao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (MCMP Courtesy Appointment)

Proteomics and biological mass spectrometry
E-mail: watao@purdue.edu

Val J. Watts, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research; Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Molecular Pharmacology
E-mail: wattsv@purdue.edu

Ross V. Weatherman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Chemical BiologyMolecular Endocrinology
E-mail: rossw@pharmacy.purdue.edu

Emeritus Faculty

H. Patrick Fletcher, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Peter F. Heinstein, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry

Jerry L. McLaughlin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy

James Robbers, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy

George K. W. Yim, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Adjunct Faculty

William M. Baird, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor

Gary P. Carlson, Ph.D., Acting Head, School of Health Sciences; Professor of Toxicology; Affiliate Professor of Toxicology, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Toxicology
E-mail: gcarlson@purdue.edu

John M. Pezzuto, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

E-mail: pezzuto@hawaii.edu