HBC Participants
HBC has investigators in the behavioral, biological, chemical, engineering, physical and pharmaceutical sciences. Below is a current list of all HBC investigators.
| Name | Designation | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|
| Brian D. Ackley | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | bdackley@ku.edu |
| Luis Antunes | Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | caetano@ku.edu |
| Kenneth Audus | Ph.D. Former Dean, School of Pharmacy, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | audus@ku.edu |
| Mizuki Azuma | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | azumam@ku.edu |
| Yoshiaki Azuma | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | azumay@ku.edu |
| Cory Berkland | Ph.D. Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | berkland@ku.edu |
| Cindy L. Berrie | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry | cberrie@ku.edu |
| Gustavo Blanco | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, KUMC | gblanco@kumc.edu |
| Steven Bloom | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | spbloom@ku.edu |
| Justin P. Blumenstiel | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | jblumens@ku.edu |
| Zarko Boskovic | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | zarko@ku.edu |
| Kristin Bowman-James | Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Director, Kansas NSF EPSCoR | kbjames@ku.edu |
| Nicholas Britt | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice | nbritt@ku.edu |
| Amy Burgin | Ph.D. Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies & Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey | burginam@ku.edu |
| Pauline Cartwright | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies | pcart@ku.edu |
| Josephine Chandler | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | jrchandler@ku.edu |
| Jae Young Choi | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | jaeyoung.choi@ku.edu |
| David Corbin | Ph.D. Associate Researcher Senior, Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering | david.r.corbin@ku.edu |
| Masoud Darabi | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering | m-darabi@ku.edu |
| David J. Davido | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | ddavido@ku.edu |
| Roberto De Guzman | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | rdguzman@ku.edu |
| Prajna Dhar | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | prajnadhar@ku.edu |
| Dan Dixon | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Computational Biology | dan_dixon@ku.edu |
| Rick T. Dobrowsky | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology; Acting Associate Director of Research, Higuchi Bioscience Center | dobrowsky@ku.edu |
| Justin T. Douglas | Ph.D. Director, Biomolecular NMR Core Laboratory, Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Director, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory | justindouglas@ku.edu |
| Heng Du | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | heng.du@ku.edu |
| Robert Dunn | Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Department of Chemistry | rdunn@ku.edu |
| Apurba Dutta | Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | adutta@ku.edu |
| Susan M. Egan | Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences | sme@ku.edu |
| Mark P. Farrell | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | markfarrell@ku.edu |
| Anthony Fehr | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | arfehr@ku.edu |
| Rosana Ferreira | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | rosana@ku.edu |
| Christopher Fischer | Ph.D. Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Engineering Physics Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy | shark@ku.edu |
| M. Laird Forrest | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | mforrest@ku.edu |
| Philip Gao | Ph.D. Director, Protein Production Core Facility | gao@ku.edu |
| Ryan Grigsby | Director, COBRE CMADP Microfabrication & Microfluidics Core Facility | ryan.grigsby@ku.edu |
| Lan Guo | Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center | lan.guo@ku.edu |
| Jennifer Hackett | Director, COBRE CMADP Genome Sequencing Core Facility | jhackett@ku.edu |
| Michael Hageman | Ph.D. Valentino J. Stella Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | mhageman@ku.edu |
| Lynn Hancock | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | lynnh@ku.edu |
| Paul R. Hanson | Ph.D. Chancellors Club Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry | phanson@ku.edu |
| Robert Hanzlik | Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | rhanzlik@ku.edu |
| Meredith Hartley | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry | hartley@ku.edu |
| P. Scott Hefty | Ph.D. Professor and Undergraduate Studies Director, Department of Molecular Biosciences | pshefty@ku.edu |
| Ashley Herda | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences | a.herda@ku.edu |
| Trent J. Herda | Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences | t.herda@ku.edu |
| Lena Hileman | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | lhileman@ku.edu |
| Melissa Holder | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare | mholder@ku.edu |
| Erik Holmstrom | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | erik.d.holmstrom@ku.edu |
| Justin Hutchinson | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering | jhutch@ku.edu |
| Timothy Jackson | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry | taj@ku.edu |
| Romana Jarosova | Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry | jarosova@ku.edu |
| David Johnson | Director, COBRE CBID Computational Chemical Biology Core Facility | dkjohnson@ku.edu |
| Michael Johnson | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | johnsonm@ku.edu |
| Sangeeta Joshi | Ph.D. Director, Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center | joshi@ku.edu |
| John Kelly | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies | jkk@ku.edu |
| Hyunjoon Kim | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | kimx@ku.edu |
| Jeffrey Krise | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | krise@ku.edu |
| Krzysztof Kuczera | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences | kkuczera@ku.edu |
| Scott Lovell | Ph.D. Director, Protein Structure & X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory | swlovell@ku.edu |
| Erik A. Lundquist | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | erikl@ku.edu |
| Susan M. Lunte | Ph.D. Ralph N. Adams Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Department of Chemistry; Director, Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry | slunte@ku.edu |
| Stuart J. Macdonald | Ph.D. Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences | sjmac@ku.edu |
| Helena Malinakova | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | hmalinakova@ku.edu |
| Yinglong Miao | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Computational Biology | miao@ku.edu |
| Elias K. Michaelis | M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center; University Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | emichaelis@ku.edu |
| Mary L. Michaelis | Ph.D. Research Professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center; Emeritus Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | mlm@ku.edu |
| Russ Middaugh | Ph.D. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | middaugh@ku.edu |
| Jonathan Miller | Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center | j980m842@ku.edu |
| Jackob Moskovitz | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | moskovij@ku.edu |
| Nancy Muma | Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | nmuma@ku.edu |
| Minae Mure | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | mmure@ku.edu |
| Michael Murray | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy | mjmurray@ku.edu |
| Kristi L. Neufeld | Ph.D. Frank B. Tyler Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Molecular Biosciences | klneuf@ku.edu |
| Karen J. Nordheden | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | nordhed@ku.edu |
| Berl Oakley | Ph.D. Irving S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences | boakley@ku.edu |
| Robin C Orozco | Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences | orozco.robin@ku.edu |
| Chamani Perera | Ph.D. Director, COBRE CBID and CMADP Synthetic Chemical Biology Core Facility | chamani@ku.edu |
| Ronald Ragan | Ph.D. Dean-Professor, School of Pharmacy | ronragan@ku.edu |
| Roger A. Rajewski | Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | rajewski@ku.edu |
| Eduardo Rosa-Molinar | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | erm@ku.edu |
| Anuradha Roy | Ph.D. Director, COBRE CBID Infectious Disease Assay Development Core Facility | anuroy@ku.edu |
| Shyam Sathyamoorthi | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | ssathyam@ku.edu |
| Frank Schoenen | Ph.D. Sr. Associate Researcher, Higuchi Biosciences Center; Medicinal Chemist, Target Acceleration Group, University of Kansas Cancer Center | schoenen@ku.edu |
| Christian Schöneich | Ph.D. Takeru and Aya Higuchi Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | schoneic@ku.edu |
| Honglian Shi | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | hshi@ku.edu |
| Mark Shiflett | Ph.D. Foundation Distinguished Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering | mark.b.shiflett@ku.edu |
| Teruna Siahaan | Ph.D. Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor, and Associate Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | siahaan@ku.edu |
| Joanna Slusky | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences/Center for Computational Biology | slusky@ku.edu |
| Adam Smith | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology | adamsmith@ku.edu |
| Paulette Spencer | Ph.D. Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Director of the Bioengineering Research Center | pspencer@ku.edu |
| John F. Stobaugh | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs, School of Pharmacy Interim Director, Higuchi Biosciences Center | stobaugh@ku.edu |
| Zsolt Talata | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics | talata@ku.edu |
| Barbara N. Timmermann | Ph.D. University Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | btimmer@ku.edu |
| Lisa Timmons | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | timmons@ku.edu |
| Thomas Tolbert | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | tolbert@ku.edu |
| Jon A. Tunge | Ph.D. Professor, Richard S. Givens Chair in Chemistry, and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry | tunge@ku.edu |
| Robert Unckless | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences; Edward & Thelma Wohlgemuth Faculty Scholar; Director of the KU Center for Genomics | unckless@ku.edu |
| Ilya Vakser | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences; Director of the KU Center for Computational Biology | vakser@ku.edu |
| David Volkin | Ph.D. Ronald T. Borchardt Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | volkin@ku.edu |
| Jingxin Wang | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry | wang.jingxin@ku.edu |
| Michael Zhuo Wang | Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry | michael.wang@ku.edu |
| Zijun Wang | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and toxicology | zjwang@ku.edu |
| Frank Weinhold | Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice | weinhold@ku.edu |
| Mike Wolfe | Ph.D. Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Departments of Medicinal Chemistry | mswolfe@ku.edu |
| Xiaoqing Wu | Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor, Higuchi Biosciences Center; Co-Director, Biological Irradiation Laboratory; Co-Director, Experimental and Preclinical Imaging Laboratory | wuxq@ku.edu |
| Liang Xu | M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences | xul@ku.edu |
| Liqin Zhao | Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology | lzhao@ku.edu |
| Cuncong Zhong | Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences/ITTC | cczhong@ku.edu |