Faculty
Center for Cancer Research Members
Renowned molecular pharmacologists. Specialists in chemical and biomedical engineering. Prominent computer scientists, comparative pathobiologists and veterinary experts. While the researchers at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research each bring unique expertise to their work, they are brought together by a shared goal – ending cancer. It is their work that keeps the Cancer Research Center alive and moves us forward toward a cancer-free future.
See biographies of our researchers below.
| Aguilar, Claudio R. | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Andrisani, Ourania M. | Professor, Basic Medical Sciences |
| Bergstrom, Donald E. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Bolin, Jeffrey T. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Borch, Richard F. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Bowers, Albert A. | Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Briggs, Scott | Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Camarillo, Ignacio G. | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Chang, Chun-Ju (Alice) | Assistant Professor, Basic Medical Sciences |
| Chang, Henry | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Charbonneau, Harry | Associate Professor, Biochemistry |
| Chen, Jue | Associate Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Cheng, Ji-Xin | Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering |
| Chmielewski, Jean A. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Colby, David | Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Cooks, Robert Graham | Professor, Chemistry |
| Cramer, William A. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Cushman, Mark S. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Das, Chittaranjan | Assistant Professor, Chemistry |
| Davidson, Amy | Associate Professor, Chemistry |
| Davisson, V. Jo | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Dydak, Ulrike | Assistant Professor, Health Sciences |
| Fekete, Donna M. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Fleet, James C. | Professor, Foods & Nutrition |
| Freeman, Jennifer | Assistant Professor, Health Science |
| Friedman, Alan M. | Associate Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Fuchs, Philip L. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Geahlen, Robert L. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Gelvin, Stanton B. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Ghosh, Arun K | Professor, Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Gibbs, Richard A. | Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Golden, Barbara L | Associate Professor, Biochemistry |
| Hall, Mark C. | Associate Professor, Biochemistry |
| Harrison, Marietta L. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Hazbun, Tony R. | Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Hrycyna, Christine A. | Associate Professor, Chemistry |
| Hu, Chang-Deng | Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Irudayaraj, Joseph | Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering |
| Jiang, Qing | Associate Professor, Foods & Nutrition |
| Kim, Chang H. | Professor, Comparative Pathobiology |
| Kirchmaier, Ann L. | Associate Professor, Biochemistry |
| Kirshner, Julia | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Knapp, Deborah W. | Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
| Konieczny, Stephen F. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Kuang, Shihuan | Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences |
| Kuhn, Richard J. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Lanman, Jason | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Leary, James F. | Professor, Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering |
| Lelièvre, Sophie A. | Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences |
| Lipton, Mark A. | Associate Professor, Chemistry |
| Liu, Shuang | Professor, Health Sciences |
| Liu, Wanqing | Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry |
| Liu, Xiaoqi | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry |
| Low, Philip S. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Mendrysa, Susan M. | Assistant Professor, Basic Medical Sciences |
| Mesecar, Andy | Professor, Structural Biology |
| Mittal, Suresh K. | Professor, Comparative Pathobiology |
| Mohammed, Sulma I. | Associate Professor, Comparative Pathobiology |
| Nolte, David | Professor, Physics |
| Park, Kinam | Professor, Industrial & Physical Pharmacy |
| Parker, Laurie | Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Post, Carol B. | Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology |
| Ratliff, Timothy L. | Professor, Comparative Pathobiology |
| Regnier, Fred E. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Robinson, J. Paul | Professor, Basic Medical Sciences |
| Rossie, Sandra S. | Professor, Biochemistry |
| Rossmann, Michael G. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Sanders, David A. | Associate Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Savinov, Sergey | Assistant Professor, Chemistry |
| Savran, Cagri | Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
| Shah, Kavita | Associate Professor, Chemistry |
| Snyder, Paul W. | Professor, Comparative Pathobiology |
| Stan, Silvia | Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science |
| Stantz, Keith M. | Associate Professor, Health Sciences |
| Stauffacher, Cynthia V. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Stein, Arnold | Associate Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Tao, Weiguo Andy | Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Taparowsky, Elizabeth J. | Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Teegarden, Dorothy | Professor, Foods & Nutrition |
| Thompson, David H. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Tran, Elizabeth | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry |
| Waters, David J. | Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences |
| Weaver, Connie | Professor, Consumer and Family Science |
| Wei, Alexander J. | Professor, Chemistry |
| Wirth, Mary | Professor, Chemistry |
| Won, You-Yeon | Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering |
| Yeo, Yoon | Assistant Professor, Industrial & Physical Pharmacy |
| Ziaie, Babak | Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
