Graduate Faculty

Dr. Courtney Aldrich
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-624-7997
Research Interest:
Antibiotics, tuberculosis, synthesis, enzymology
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Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-626-2387
Research Interest:
Biological and chemical warfare agent mitigation; BSL-2, BSL-3 and select agent research; Homeland security; High-throughput and fragment screening, lead optimization; Psychiatric pharmacy and neuropharmacology
Erin Carlson
Smith Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-625-2580
Research Interest:
Chemical biology, infectious disease, bacterial imaging, proteomics, inhibitor development, natural products
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Distinguished McKnight Professor & Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-624-0544
Research Interest:
Chemical synthesis, biochemistry, enzymology, drug design, protein prenylation
Adam Duerfeldt
Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-626-0242
Research Interest:
PPAR modulation, antibacterial discovery, clostridium difficile, medicinal chemistry, organic synthesis
R. Kip Guy
Dean and McKnight Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Office Phone: 612-624-1900
Research Interest:
Haskell-Luevano Group
Professor & Philip S. Portoghese Endowed Chair in Chemical Neuroscience, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-626-9262
Research Interest:
Peptide chemistry, small molecule medicinal chemistry, positional scanning combinatorial chemistry and libraries, G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) pharmacology, human receptor polymorphisms, neuroscience, obesity, diabetes, feeding behavior, and pain
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Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-625-1891
Research Interest:
Organic synthesis, natural products, analogs and prodrugs, symmetry concepts, organometallic chemistry,NMR spectroscopy
Prof. William Pomerantz
Associate Professor, McKnight Presidential Fellow, McKnight Land Grant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-624-9091
Research Interest:
Inhibitor Discovery, Protein-Protein Interactions, Chemical Biology, Peptidomimetics, Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry
Dr. W. Thomas Shier
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-624-9465
Research Interest:
Antibiotic and anti-cancer agents from plant pathogenic fungi
Prof. Natalia Tretyakova's 2024 Headshot
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-626-3432
Research Interest:
Development of biomarkers of cancer and aging using mass spectrometry and proteomics. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of small molecule epigenetic inhibitors and protein degraders. Therapeutic areas: cancer, aging, Alzheimer's disease.
turesky
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Office Phone: 612-626-0141
Research Interest:
Cancer, carcinogens, metabolism, biomarkers, mass spectrometry