Lindsley Lab

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Craig W. Lindsley, Ph.D., FRSC, FASPET

William K. Warren, Jr. Chair in Medicine
Executive Director of Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
University Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Pharmacology
Director of Medicinal Chemistry
Founding Editor of ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Editor-in-Chief of ACS Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Scientific Director of Vanderbilt Institute of Therapeutic Advances

Group Leadership

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Oliver Boutaud, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

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Darren W. Engers, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Julie Le Engers, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Kristen Gilliland, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Nathan Kett

Senior Drug Discovery Scientist

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Kwangho Kim, Ph.D

Research Associate Professor

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Hyekyung K. Plumley, Ph.D.

Senior Drug Discovery Scientist

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Christopher Presley, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Nathalie C. Schnetz -Boutaud, Ph.D.

Research Instructor

Project Leadership

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Lisa Barbaro, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Elizabeth Childress, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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Katherine Crocker, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Alison Gregro

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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Changho Han, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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KyuOk Jeon, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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Carson Reed, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Carolina Rivera, Ph.D.

Director of In Vivo DMPK

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Paul Spearing, M.S.

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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Kayla Temple, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

Research Staff

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Jacob Bouchard, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Rory Capstick

Research Specialist

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Daniel Haymer

Research Assistant

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Somnath Jana, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Caleb Jones, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Madeline Long

Research Specialist

Steven Pierce, Ph.D.

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Upendra Rathnayake, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Jacob Thomas

Medicinal Chemistry Research Assistant

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Keely White

Senior Research Assistant

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David Whomble

Senior Research Assistant

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

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Akinwunmi A. Abisogun, PharmD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Juan Carlos Caravez, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Louise Dow, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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John Terrell, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

DMPK

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Shareef Antar

Drug Discovery Scientist I

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Sichen Chang

Drug Discovery Scientist, Senior

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Srinivasan Krishnan

Drug Discovery Scientist

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Snehal Sant

Senior Research Assistant

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Irene Zagol-Ikapitte, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist

Molecular Pharmacology and Biology

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Sri Kethanapalli

Research Assistant

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Sara Manore Phillips, Ph.D.

Drug Discovery Scientist I

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Joshua Wilkinson

Drug Discovery Scientist I

Support Staff

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Sheila Elder

Administrative Officer Joint with Basic Science Research POD3

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Hannah Schaeffer

Administrative Manager

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Kimberly M. Viviano

Budget/Accounting Analyst Joint with Basic Science Research POD3

Collaborating WCNDD Leadership

Carrie Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

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Colleen Niswender, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

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Jerri Rook, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Former Members

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