Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery

Research at the chemistry-biology interface that focuses on the discovery and development of drugs and health-related technology.

The faculty members have extensive experience in the synthesis of organic and biopolymer therapeutics, the development of high-throughput screens and assays, the application of three-dimensional structure determination and modeling techniques to drug design, and the identification and evaluation of molecular targets and therapeutics, and the evaluation of the toxic action of drugs and drug candidates.

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Brian Belardi

  • Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Chemistry
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Xiaolu (Lulu) Cambronne

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-1928
Building: MBB
Room Number:2.148BA
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Kevin N Dalby

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Andrew Ellington

  • Professor
  • Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
  • Wilson M. and Kathryn Fraser Research Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ken Hsu

  • Associate Professor
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Stephen F. and Fay Evans Martin Endowed Professorship in Chemistry (Fellow)

Telephone Number:512-232-2146
Building: NHB
Room Number:6.406
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Kenneth Johnson

  • Professor
  • Roger J. Williams Centennial Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ken Keiler

  • Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:3.306
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Benjamin Keith Keitz

  • Associate Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Seongmin Lee

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Hung-Wen (Ben) Liu

  • Professor
  • George H. Hitchings Regents Chair in Drug Design
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:512-232-7811
Building: PHR
Room Number:3.206B
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Yi Lu

  • Professor
  • Richard J. V. Johnson - Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
  • Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry

Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year

Building: WEL
Room Number:4.244
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Edward M. Marcotte

  • Professor
  • Mr. and Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson, Sr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology #1
  • Affiliated Faculty, Oden Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: MBB
Room Number:3.148BA
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Despoina Mavridou

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Jennifer Maynard

  • Professor
  • Z. D. Bonner Professorship of Chemical Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Pengyu Ren

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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John H Richburg

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Stefano Tiziani

  • Professor
  • Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Human Ecology
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:5124954706
Building: DPI
Room Number:2.206
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Keiko Torii

  • Professor
  • Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Building: NMS
Room Number:5.104A
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Benjamin J Umlauf

  • Assistant Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Andrew D. Weems

  • Assistant Professor
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Actively recruiting:

  • Graduate Students
  • Postdocs
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Christian P Whitman

  • Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Kun Yang

  • Assistant Professor
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Y. Jessie Zhang

  • Professor
  • L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biosciences
  • Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs