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Meet the Program in Chemical Biology Team

Faculty

Brian F. Volkman, PhD

Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Professor, Biochemistry

Brian Smith, PhD

Associate Director, Program in Chemical Biology; Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Emma Morrison, PhD

Assistant Professor

Francis Peterson, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, NMR Facility Manager, Small-Molecule Screening Team Leader

Dawn Wenzel, PhD

Assistant Professor

Staff

Tyler G. Fenske, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Davin Jensen

Research Associate, Brian Volkman Lab

Paul Kerber

Research Associate, Brian Volkman Lab

Rob Keyes, PhD

Research Scientist, Brian Smith Lab

Internal Advisory Committee

Michael B. Dwinell, PhD

Professor; Founding Director, Center for Immunology; Director, Bobbie Nick Voss Laboratory for Colon Cancer Research; Hanis-Stepka-Rettig Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

Ravit Boger, MD

Chief and Professor, Pediatrics Infectious Disease

John A. Corbett, PhD

Professor and Chair

Jonathan S. Marchant, MA, PhD

Marcus Professor & Chair

Ehab A. Abourashed, PhD, MS, BPharm

Assistant Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs, Professor, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

Kevin Boggs, MBA, PhD

Director, Office of Technology Development

Carol L. Williams, PhD

Joan K. Van Deuren Professor in Breast Cancer Research; Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program, Cancer Center; Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Raul A. Urrutia, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery; Director, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Collaborators

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Contact Us

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