Olivier Boutaud, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Senior Director of DMPK

Darren W. Engers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Senior Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Julie Le Engers, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Nathan Kett
Senior Drug Discovery Scientist
WCNDD CS Site Head

Hyekyung K. Plumley Ph.D.
Senior Drug Discovery Scientist
Senior Director of Molecular Pharmacology

Chris C. Presley, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist                Senior Director of Analytical Chemistry

Nathalie C. Schnetz-Boutaud, Ph.D.
Research Instructor
Senior Director of Compound Management

Kristen Gilliland, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist            Director of Outreach and Advocacy Programs

Lisa Barbaro, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist          Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Aaron Bender, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior        Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Elizabeth Childress, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist          Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Katherine Crocker, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist          Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Alison Gregro
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior            Director of Laboratory Safety

Changho Han, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior        Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Carson Reed, Ph.D. 
Drug Discovery Scientist          Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Paul Spearing
Senior Drug Discovery Scientist        Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Kayla Temple, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior        Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry

Andrew Burns
Research Technician

Rory Capstick
Research Specialist

Renn Duncan
Research Assistant

Dan Haymer
Research Assistant

Caleb Jones, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist

Madeline Long
Research Specialist

Upendra Rathnayake, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist

Alexa Richardson
Research Technician

David Whomble
Senior Research Assistant

Morgan Crowley, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Pedro De Andrade Horn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Navoda Jayakodiarachchi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Daniel Schultz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Tomayo Berida, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Jacob Bouchard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sichen Chang
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

Irene Zagol-Ikapitte, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist

Nathaniel Napier
Senior Research Assistant

Snehal Sant
Senior Research Assistant

Katherine Watson
Research Specialist

Srinivasan Krishnan
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

Sheila Elder
Administrative Officer Joint with Basic Science Research POD3

Kim M. Viviano
Budget/Accounting Analyst Joint with Basic Science Research POD3

Hannah Schaeffer
Administrative Manager

P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology
Founding Director of WCNDD, Director Emeritus

Jerod Denton, Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology Research
VUMC Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Ion Channel Pharmacology

Carrie K. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Senior Director of In Vivo Pharmacology and Drug Development

Colleen Niswender, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Senior Director of Molecular Pharmacology

Jerri Rook, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor