Members
Principal Investigator
Craig W. Lindsley, Ph.D., FRSC, FASPET
William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine
University Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Executive Director, Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Group Leadership
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
Valerie Kramlinger Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Senior Director of DMPK
Bruce J. Melancon, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Senior Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Editor-in-Chief, ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies
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
Project Leadership
Masahito Abe, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
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
Research Staff
Andrew Burns
Research Technician
Rory Capstick
Research Specialist
Jeremy Coleman, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist
Renn Duncan
Research Assistant
Dan Haymer
Research Assistant
Caleb Jones, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist
Jinming Li, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist
Madeline Long
Research Specialist
Brandee Mills
Research Technician
Yu Nishio
Research Assistant
Lake Rabenold
Research Technician
Upendra Rathnayake, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist
Alexa Richardson
Research Technician
Joza Schmitt, M.S.
Research Specialist
Esra Simsek
Research Assistant
David Whomble
Senior Research Assistant
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
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
Pharmacology & Primary Screening
Natasha Billard
Research Specialist
Mallory Maurer
Research Assistant
Haley E. Kling
Research Specialist
DMPK
Sichen Chang
Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior
Irene Zagol-Ikapitte, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist
Hallie McKinnie
Research Assistant
Nathaniel Napier
Senior Research Assistant
Snehal Sant
Senior Research Assistant
Jeremy Turkett
Senior Research Specialist
Katherine Watson
Research Specialist
Support Staff
Sheila Elder
Administrative Officer Joint with Basic Science Research POD3
Jodi Rodefeld
Senior Budget/Accounting Analyst Joint with Basic Science Research POD3
Kimberly M. Viviano
Administrative Manager
Graduate Students
Lauren Parr
Graduate Student
Collaborating WCNDD Leadership
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