Faculty

Area of research: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Specialization: Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

Curtis L. Ashendel
Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Specialization: Biotechnology, Systems Biology, and Computational Biology

Specialization: Research is focused on the synthesis of complex glycoproteins, natural products, and oligosaccharides of importance in immuno-oncology and infectious diseases.
Axelrod Research Lab
DRUG 210A/218

Specialization: Molecular Pharmacology of Antidepressant- and Cocaine-Sensitive Serotonin Transporters; Endogenous Cannabinoid Transport

Specialization: Complex Molecule Design and Synthesis

Richard F. Borch
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Specialization: Anticancer Drugs: Design, Synthesis, and Mechanisms of Action

Specialization: Natural Products and Bioorganic Chemistry

Area of research: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Specialization: Medicinal Chemistry

V. Jo Davisson
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
RHPH 406Adavisson@purdue.edu
765-494-5238
Area of research: Molecular and Cellular PharmacologyGenomics and Systems BiologyMedicinal Chemistry and Chemical BiologyBiophysical and Computation Chemistry
Specialization: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Davisson Research Lab
RHPH 354

Emily C. Dykhuizen
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
HANS 105Aedykhui@purdue.edu
765-494-4706
Area of research: Molecular and Cellular PharmacologyGenomics and Systems BiologyMedicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Specialization: chemical biology, chromatin biology
Dykhuizen Research Lab
HANS 105
765-494-4782

Daniel P. Flaherty
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
RHPH 406Bdflaher@purdue.edu
765-494-4761
Area of research: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Specialization: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Fragment-based drug design

H. Patrick Fletcher
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Robert L. Geahlen
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
HANS 431Ageahlen@purdue.edu
765-494-1457
Specialization: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Geahlen Research Lab
HANS 431
765-494-1448

Arun K. Ghosh
Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
WTHR 273Cakghosh@purdue.edu
765-494-5323
Area of research: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Specialization: Drug Design, Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Product Synthesis

Marietta L. Harrison
Professor Emerita of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Specialization: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology