People

CPB Department 2019
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Chair, Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Helen Jo Whitsell Dean's Leadership Professor
    • Areas of interest

      • Chemical Biology of Signaling Networks
      • Islets of Langerhans biology
      • Cystic fibrosis
      • Growth factor receptors and GPCRs
      • Multifunctional lipid tools
      • Lipids in health and disease
      • Light-sensitive tools
      • Unnatural amino acids for click chemistry
      • Fluorescent reporters and sensors
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Pain pathways & mechanisms
      • Neuroanatomy
      • Neural substrates of addiction
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Cell Biology, Organelle Dynamics, Bacterial Infection, Protein Structure, Membrane Remodeling, Computational Biology, Cryoelectron Microscopy, Cryoelectron Tomography
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
      • Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Developing new chemical tools for illuminating human diseases
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor, Environmental & Biomolecular Systems
    • Areas of interest

      • Structure and function of oxidase and oxygenase metalloenzymes
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Director, Proteomics Shared Resource
    • Areas of interest

      • Proteomics
      • Mass spectrometry
      • Lens and cataract
      • Post-translational modifications
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Retinal neurobiology
      • Metabotropic
      • Glutamate receptors
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Photobiology/photochemistry
      • Spectroscopy
      • Molecular pharmacology
      • G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Joint Appointment, Vollum Institute
    • Areas of interest

      • chemical biology
      • lipid
      • endocannabinoid
      • neural circuits
      • optical control
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine
      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Autonomic neuron plasticity
      • Neurotransmitter/receptor expression
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Signaling and trafficking of membrane proteins
      • GPCR pharmacology
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine
      • Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Structural biology
      • Ion Channels
      • G-protein coupled receptors
      • Structure-based drug design
      • Purinergic receptors
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Bioinorganic chemistry & metalloenzymes
      • Nitric oxide biochemistry
      • Hemoprotein & heme trafficking
      • Molecular spectroscopies, kinetics, & mechanistic studies
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Prevention of blinding complications of cataract surgery
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Scientist, Vollum Institute
    • Areas of interest

      • Structural Biology
      • cryo-EM
      • Molecular Biophysics
      • Membrane Channels
      • Protein Aggregation
      • Lens Biology
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Reproduction
      • Neuroendocrinology
      • Sexual differentiation
      • Sex difference
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Director, Program in Chemical Biology
    • Areas of interest

      • Thyroid hormone
    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Protein Structure and Function. Protein Folding
      • Proprotein convertase biochemistry
      • Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling
      • Nucleic Acid Aptamers
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Ion channel regulation
      • Insulin secretion regulation in health and disease
      • Pancreatic beta-cell biology and signaling
      • Pharmacological chaperones
      • Structural biology of potassium channels
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • chromosome dynamics
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Unnatural amino acid mutagenesis of membrane proteins
      • Ion conduction and voltage gating in K+ channels
      • Transport mechanism in glutamate transporters
      • Folding of membrane proteins
    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
      • Member, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Chemical biology
      • Organic synthesis
      • Medicinal chemistry
    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Cryo-EM
      • Pathogen-host interaction
      • Inflammasome
      • Cancer and Immunodeficiency disease
    • Appointments and titles

      • Research Associate Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Research Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Areas of interest

      • Chemical Biology
      • Cancer Biology
      • Cancer Pharmacology
    • Appointments and titles

      • Research Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine
    • Appointments and titles

      • Research Assistant Professor of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine

Michael C. Andresen, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

Virginia L. Brooks, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

Gail Clinton, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

David C. Dawson, Ph.D. - Professor and Chair Emeritus

David Kabat, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

Dennis Koop, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

George D. Olsen, M.D. - Professor Emeritus

Oline K. Ronnekleiv, Ph.D. - Professor Emeritus

Will Anthony Grants and Contracts Coordinator

Lola Bichler Academic Coordinator, current BMB and PHPH students only

Cindy Early McDermid Financial Analyst

Kate Jackson-Angus Grants and Contracts Coordinator

Amy Johnson  Department Administrator

Niki Larson Financial Analyst

Samantha Taylor Administrative Coordinator

Chase Thomas Computer User Support Analyst

Siara Wright Human Resources Coordinator