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
Drug Discovery Scientist II
WCNDD CS Site Head
Valerie Kramlinger
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
Drug Discovery Scientist II
Senior Director of Molecular Pharmacology
Chris C. Presley, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I 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 II Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Lisa Barbaro, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Aaron Bender, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist II Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Elizabeth Childress, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Katherine Crocker, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Kristen Gilliland, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I Director of Outreach and Advocacy Programs
Alison Gregro
Drug Discovery Scientist II Director of Laboratory Safety
Changho Han
Drug Discovery Scientist II Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Carson Reed
Drug Discovery Scientist I Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Paul Spearing
Drug Discovery Scientist II Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Kayla Temple, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist II Assistant Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Research Staff
Andrew Burns
Research Assistant I
Rory Capstick
Research Specialist
Jeremy Coleman, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I
Caleb Jones, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I
Jinming Li, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery Scientist I
Madeline Long
Research Specialist
Upendra Rathnayake
Drug Discovery Scientist I
Christopher Regan
Senior Research Assistant
Alexa Richardson
Research Assistant I
Joza Schmitt
Research Specialist
Esra Simsek
Research Assistant I
David Whomble
Research Assistant II
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
Pharmacology & Primary Screening
DMPK
Sichen Chang
Drug Discovery Scientist II
Irene Zagol-Ikapitte
Drug Discovery Scientist
Hallie McKinnie
Research Assistant
Nathaniel Napier
Research Assistant III
Lauren Parr
Research Assistant II
Snehal Sant
Research Assistant
Support Staff
Sheila Elder
Administrative Officer Joint with Basic Science Research POD3
Jodi Rodefeld
Financial Analyst Joint with Basic Science Research POD3
Kimberly M. Viviano
Administrative Manager
Graduate Students
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