Robert M. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
502.852.6580
bob.buchanan@louisville.edu
Dr. Buchanan's research has taken a significant shift towards the design of new DNA targeting drugs (in collaboration with Professor John Trent and Professor Paula Bates), as well as the evaluation of the structure and dynamics of water associated with organic and inorganic compounds in solids (in collaboration with Professor Richard Wittebort and Professor George Pack).
Teresa Fan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
502.852.6448
teresa.fan@louisville.edu
In collaboration with Dr. Andrew Lane (J. Graham Brown Cancer Center) and Dr. Richard Higashi (University of California, Davis), Dr. Fan's research is in the area of environmental biochemistry with emphasis on pollutant transformations, molecular toxic mechanism(s), and bioremediation. They apply a variety of bioanalytical approaches, including metabolomics by NMR, GC-MS and FTIR, as well as proteomics by 2-D gel electrophoresis and LC-tandem MS to investigate many problems.
The Department of Chemistry in partnership with the J. Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville, has recently been awarded a large NSF/EPSCoR infrastructure grant to establish a Center for Regulatory, Environmental, Analytical Metabolomics (CREAM). This Center, led by Director, Dr. Teresa Fan, will develop cutting-edge methodologies and approaches for the emerging metabolomic and system biochemical research. This area of research has the promise of revolutionizing biological research in the 21st century for the ability to resolve biological complexity. Thus, metabolomic development will find applications in a broad array of pressing societal problems ranging from human health, biotechnology, to environmental pollution and ecosystem health. The 1st Louisville Symposium on Environmental Metabolomics will be held in Louisville at the Brown Hotel on November 5 & 6, 2005. For more information, visit the website at www.louisville.edu/conference/metabolomics/
Gerald B. Hammond, Ph.D.
Professor
Department
of Chemistry
502.852.5998
Dr. Hammond's main research interest focuses on the development of fluorinated molecular building blocks. He is also involved in the systematic study of bioactive plants from the Peruvian rain forest and collaborates with other scientists in the area of chemical genetics. To learn more about his lab and research interests, visit his website at: http://www.louisville.edu/a-s/chemistry/faculty/gbh/prf.htm
Saeed A. Jortani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
502.852.8835
Dr. Jortani is the Director of the Forensic Toxicology Program (FTP), which was established in 2001 in an effort to enhance this specialty in lab medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. The goals of this program are to provide education training in toxicology for residents and fellow in pathology and lab medicine in the area of toxicology as it relates to the law, be a resource to faculty and colleagues for matters concerning forensic toxicology, and serve the legal community with expert consultaitons and case reviews in areas of interpretation of laboratory results dealing with drugs, alcohol and poisons.
In addition to forensic toxicology, Dr. Jortani's specialists include Clinical Toxicology, Discovery and development of Biomarkers, Proteomics, Myocardial damage, Immunoassays, Cardiotoic therapeutics, Ethanol intoxications, Drugs of abuse testing and interpretation, Expert testimony and consulting in medico-legal issues. His research insterests include the discovery of biomarkers for congestive heart failure, Proteomics, Endogenous cardenolides and their role in heart failure, sodium pump activity, immunoassays, interferences, detection and measurement of drugs, therapeutics and poisons, herbal medicine poisonings, use of pharmacogenetics in postmortem investigations.
Denis F. Kinane, B.D.S., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise
School of Dentistry
852-3175