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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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