Members

Christopher Aiken, Ph.D.

Professor - Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Protein Structure & Function; High-Throughput Technology

Member: VI4

: A-5301 MCN
1161 21st Ave. S.
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232
: chris.aiken@vumc.org
: (615) 343-7037
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Manuel Ascano Jr., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Member: VI4; VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

: 673C Light Hall
23rd & Pierce Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232
: manuel.ascano@vanderbilt.edu
: https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/ascano-lab/

Brian O. Bachmann, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry
VICB Associate Director, Molecular Discovery
Director, Vanderbilt Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (V-CBI)

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Natural Products; Protein Structure & Function; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Study and Function of Enzymes; glycobiology

Member: VI4; VICC; VMI; QSBC

Ray Blind, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology: Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology; Nanotechnology; Imaging

Member: Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC); CSB; VICC

Alan Brash, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Lipid Biology; Natural Products; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VICC

Richard M. Breyer, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Ruth King Scoville Chair in Medicine, School of Medicine Basic Sciences
Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Lipid Biology

Member: VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

Breann Brown, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography

Member: CSB

Jonathan D. Brown, M.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Areas of Interest: Natural Products; High-Throughput Technology

Lauren Buchanan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Nanotechnology; Imaging; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VINSE

Richard Caprioli, Ph.D.

Stanford Moore Chair, Department of Biochemistry
Director, Mass Spectrometry Research Center

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Nanotechnology; Imaging

Member: Mass Spectrometry Research Center; VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

James (Jim) E. Cassat, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Biomedical Engineering, and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: VI4

Walter Chazin, Ph.D.

Chancellor's Chair, Department of Medicine
Director of Honors and Independent Research, Molecular Biophysics Training Program

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography

Member: CSB; VI4; VICC

Wenbiao Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

David Cliffel, Ph.D.

Professor - Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Nanotechnology

Member: VINSE; VMI; VIIBRE

Robert J. Coffey, M.D.

Professor and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, School of Medicine (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition)
Director, Epithelial Biology Center

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: Epithelial Biology Center; VICC

P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.

Lee E. Limbird Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD)

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Natural Products

Member: VCNDD

David Cortez, Ph.D.

Professor and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: VICC

James Crowe, M.D.

Professor - Ann Scott Carell Chair, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VICC; VI4; VINSE; VMI; Vanderbilt Vaccine Center

Sean Davies, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC), VI4; Center for Matrix Biology

Mark Denison, M.D.

Craig-Weaver Professor, School of Medicine Pediatric Infectious Disease
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Imaging

Member: VI4; VICC

Jerod S. Denton, Ph.D.

Professor, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology
Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Neuroscience; Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; X-ray Crystallography

Member: Center for Matrix Biology; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH)

Prashant Donthamsetti, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Neurodegenerative & Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Cell Signaling, Protein Structure & Function

Member: VI4

: p.donthamsetti@vanderbilt.edu

Brandt Eichman, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor – William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; X-ray Crystallography, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Member: CSB; VICC; VMI; Center for Matrix Biology

Stephen Fesik, Ph.D.

Professor - Orrin H. Ingram II Chair, Departments of Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VICC; CSB

Jennifer Gaddy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Imaging

James Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D.

Paul W. Sanger Professor, Departments of Surgery, Cell and Developmental Biology, and Experimental Surgery
Vice Chair, Surgical Research

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Antibody & Protein Expression

Member: Epithelial Biology Center; VI4; VICC

F. Peter Guengerich, Ph.D.

Professor - Tadashi Inagami Chair, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VICC

Vsevolod V Gurevich, Ph.D.

Professor - Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair, Departments of Pharmacology, Ophthalmology, and Visual Sciences

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; X-ray Crystallography

Maria Hadjifrangiskou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular Pathogenesis and Urological Surgery

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Cell Signaling; Imaging

Member: VI4; VMI

Heidi E. Hamm, Ph.D.

Professor - Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Chair, Departments of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Natural Products

Member: VICC

Jennifer Herington, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Natural Products; High-Throughput Technology; Imaging

: 11111 Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232
: jennifer.l.herington@vumc.org
: (615) 322-9548
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Scott W Hiebert, Ph.D.

Professor and Hortense B. Ingram Chair in Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology: Protein Structure & Function

Member: VICC

Billy G Hudson, Ph.D.

Elliott V. Newman Professor , Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry Director, Center for Matrix Biology

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; X-ray Crystallography

Member: Center for Matrix Biology; VICC

Rebecca Ihrie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Imaging; Computational Biology

Member: VICC; QSBC; VIIBRE

Jonathan Irish, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Natural Products; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: Cancer & Immunology Core (CIC); Mass Cytometry Center of Excellence (MCCE), VI4; VICC; QSBC

Tina Iverson, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VI4; CSB

Carl Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor - Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Biological Sciences and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Imaging

Member: VICC; VMI

Jeffrey Johnston, Ph.D.

Stevenson Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Carrie Jones, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Director, Development for Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD)

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Nanotechnology; Imaging; Antibody & Protein Expression

Member: VCNDD

Sebastian Joyce, Ph.D.

Professor - Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Nanotechnology; Imaging

Member: VICC; VMI

John Karijolich, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology

Member: VICC

Daria E. Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Natural Products, Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry, High-Throughput Screening

Douglas Kojetin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology & Medicine, Neurodegenerative & Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Cell Signaling, Protein Structure & Function; High-Throughput Technology, Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Mass Spectrometry, NMR, X-ray Crystallography and/or cryo-EM, Bioinformatics, Chemical Synthesis, Small Molecule NMR

Member: Center for Structural Biology

: douglas.kojetin@vanderbilt.edu

John Kuriyan, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry
Dean School of Medicine Basic Sciences

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Drug Discovery; X-ray Crystallography and/or cryo-EM

: U-1200B MRB III
: john.kuriyan@vanderbilt.edu

Borden Lacy, Ph.D.

Professor - Edward and Nancy Fody Chair, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry
Director, Center for Structural Biology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Protein Structure & Function; Imaging; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VI4; CSB; Epithelial Biology Center

Deborah A Lannigan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Member: VI4; VICC

Ken Lau, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Nanotechnology; Imaging

Member: VI4; VICC; Epithelial Biology Center

Craig Lindsley, Ph.D.

University Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, & Chemistry
Director, Medicinal Chemistry for the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD)

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Imaging

Member: VCNDD; VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

Ian G Macara, Ph.D.

Chair and Professor - Louise B. McGavock Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Co-Leader, Signal Transduction and Chemical Biology/VICC

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Cell Signaling

Member: VICC; Epithelial Biology Center

Jason MacGurn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: VICC; Epithelial Biology Center

Larry Marnett, Ph.D.

University Professor - Mary Geddes Stahlman of Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology
Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine Basic Sciences

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: VICC

Hassane Mchaourab, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology

Member: CSB; VICC

John McLean, Ph.D.

Stevenson Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry
Director, Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)

Areas of Interest: Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4; VICC; VMI; CIT; VIIBRE

Jens Meiler, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Professor, Departments of Chemistry & Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Computational Biology

Member: CSB; VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

Houra Merrikh, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography; Computational Biology

Member: VI4; VICC; VMI

Gregor Neuert, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling

Member: VI4; VICC; QSBC

Colleen Niswender, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Director, Molecular Pharmacology for Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (VCNDD)

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology

Kevin Niswender, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Areas of Interest: Lipid Biology; Neuroscience

Member: VICTR

Richard O'Brien, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Areas of Interest: Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology

Neil Osheroff, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Natural Products

Member: VICC

Wellington Pham, Ph.D.

Professor, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Imaging

Member: VICC; VUIIS; VINSE

Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Brock Family Directorship in Career Development
Executive Vice President for Research
Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling

Member: VICC; Center for Matrix Biology

Lars Plate, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Departments of Chemistry and Biological SciencesBiological Sciences

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4

Vito Quaranta, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Director, Quantitative Systems Biology Center (QSBC)
Co-Director, Center for Matrix Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology

Member: VICC; QSBC; Center for Matrix Biology

Carmelo Rizzo, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry;

Member: VICC

Renã A.S. Robinson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: Vanderbilt Brain Institute (VBI); Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center (VMAC)

Antonis Rokas, Ph.D.

Professor - Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Departments of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics

Areas of Interest: Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4

Sandra J Rosenthal, Ph.D.

Professor - Jack & Pamela Egan Chair, Departments of Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy, Pharmacology, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Areas of Interest: Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Nanotechnology; Imaging

Member: VINSE

Charles Sanders, Ph.D.

Professor - Lange and Lyle Chair of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Biochemistry
Associate Dean for Research, Basic Sciences

Areas of Interest: Neuroscience; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy

Member: CSB; Center for Matrix Biology

Kevin Schey, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Imaging

Member: Mass Spectrometry Research Center

Nathan Schley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; X-ray Crystallography

Jonathan Schmitz, Ph.D., M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Medical Director, Molecular Infectious Disease Laboratory (MIDL)

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; High-Throughput Technology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4

Claus Schneider, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4; VICC

Alex Schuppe, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology, Natural Products, Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry, High Throughput Screening

Eric Skaar, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor - Ernest W. Goodpasture Chair, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Director, Medical Center Representative (VICB)
Director of Honors and Independent Research, Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease Training Program (CBID)
Director, Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation (VI4)
Director, Division of Molecular Pathogenesis

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Imaging; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4; VICC; VMI

Benjamin Spiller, Ph.D.

Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; X-ray Crystallography

Member: VI4; CSB

Michael P. Stone, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Spectroscopy

Member: CSB; VICC

Gary Sulikowski, Ph.D.

Stevenson Professor, Department of Chemistry
Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology (VICB)
Faculty Director, Chemical Synthesis Core (VICB)

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Lipid biology

Member: VI4; VICC; VMI

William Tansey, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Natural Products; Protein Structure & Function

Member: VICC; Epithelial Biology Center

Steven Townsend, Ph.D.

Stevenson Professor, Department of Chemistry
Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Protein Structure & Function; Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; glycobiology

Member: VI4; VMI

Brian Wadzinski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; Protein Structure & Function; Antibody & Protein Expression

Member: VICC

Allison Walker, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology, Natural Products, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning

Alex Waterson, Ph.D.

Research Professor , Pharmacology & Chemistry
Associate Director, Drug Discovery (VICB)
Co-Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt Chemical Diversity Center (VCDC)

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; High-Throughput Technology

Member: VICC

John Wilson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Nanotechnology; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

David Wright, Ph.D.

Stevenson Professor, Chemistry
Dean of Graduate Education & Research, College of Arts & Science

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Nanotechnology

Member: VI4; VINSE

Zhongyue (John) Yang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Protein Structure & Function; High-Throughput Technology; X-ray Crystallography

Member: Data Science Institute

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Marija Zanic, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Nanotechnology

Member: VICC; VIIBRE

Qiangjun Zhou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
Training faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Wenhan Zhu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Areas of Interest: Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis

Member: VI4

: U-2215 MCN
1161 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee - 37232
: wenhan.zhu@vumc.org
: (615) 875-1271
: https://www.vumc.org/zhu-lab/home

Laurence Zwiebel, Ph.D.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Biological Sciences
Professor, Biological Sciences and Pharmacology

Areas of Interest: Infectious Diseases and Immunity; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology

Member: VI4

Joshua Bauer, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Director, High-Throughput Screening Facility (HTS/VICB)

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Cell Signaling; High-Throughput Technology; Imaging

Member: VICC

Plamen Christov, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, Chemical Synthesis Core (VICB)
Drug Discovery Scientist II, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology, Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Natural Products

Kwangho Kim, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Director, Chemical Synthesis Core (VICB)

Areas of Interest: Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Natural Products

Galina Lepesheva, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography

Member: CSB; VICC

Ginger Milne, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Eicosanoid core Laboratory (VUMC)

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Neuroscience; Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis;

Ned A. Porter, Ph.D.

Research Professor, Department of Chemistry
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Lipid Biology; Mass Spectrometry & Omics Analysis; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Member: VICC

Donald Stec, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor , Department of Chemistry
Director, Small Molecule NMR Facility

Areas of Interest: Spectroscopy; Cancer Biology; Lipid Biology; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry

Member: Center for Matrix Biology

Markus Voehler, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor , Department of Chemistry
Director of Operations, Small Molecule NMR Facility

Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology; Protein Structure & Function; Spectroscopy; X-ray Crystallography

Margaret Read, Ph.D.

General Manager - Corporate Alliances, Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization (CTTC)
Associate Director, Translational Science (VICB)

Member: CTTC

Michael Villalobos, Ph.D.

Manager, Biotech Licensing, Center for Technology Transfer & Commercialization (CTTC)

Member: CTTC

Alissa Hare, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Natural Products; Synthetic & Medicinal Chemistry; Natural Products

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