Kim D. Janda

  • Dr. Janda has served as a director since April 2012
  • Dr. Janda has been the Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Chaired Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute (“TSRI”) since 1996 and as the Director of the Worm Institute of Research and Medicine (“WIRM”) at TSRI since 2005. Furthermore, Dr. Janda has served as a Skaggs Scholar within the Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology, also at TSRI, since 1996
  • He has published more than 425 original publications in peer-reviewed journals and founded the biotechnological companies CombiChem, Drug Abuse Sciences and AIPartia Dr. Janda is an associate editor of “Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry”, “PLoS ONE” and serves, or has served, on editorial boards of numerous journals including J. Comb. Chem., Chem. Reviews, J. Med. Chem., The Botulinum Journal, Bioorg. & Med. Chem. Lett., and Bioorg. & Med. Chem
  • Over a career of more than 25 years, Dr. Janda has provided numerous seminal contributions and is considered one of the first scientists to merge chemical and biological approaches into a cohesive research program
  • Dr. Janda has served on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Materia and Singapore Ministry of Education
  • B.S. and Ph.D.