ZHAN, Chang-Guo
Title: Professor
Address: College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky,
789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Tel: 001-859-323-3943
Email: zhan@uky.edu
Education Background:
1994-1998 Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Notre Dame, USA
1994-1996 Ph.D. in Physics, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan
1985-1987 M.Sc. in Chemistry, Central China Normal University, China
1978-1982 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Central China Normal University, China
Working Experiences:
2015-present Endowed College of Pharmacy Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA
2014-present Director, Molecular Modeling and Biopharmaceutical Center (MMBC),
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA
2012-present Director, Chemoinformatics and Drug Design Core, Center of Pharmaceutical
Research Innovation (CPRI), College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA
2007-present Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA
2003-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA
1999-2003 Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Medicine, Columbia University, USA
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Dept. of Medicine, Columbia Univ., USA
1998-2003 Visiting Scientist, Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL) and
Environmental Tech. Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
1994-1996 JSPS Ronpaku Fellow, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan
1992-1993 Japan Monbusho Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Keio University, Japan
1991-1994 Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Research Center for Theoretical
Chemical Physics, Central China Normal University, China
1987-1991 Instructor, Dept. of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, China
1982-1985 Instructor, Dept. of Chemistry, Xiaogan Colelge, China
Research Interests:
Drug discovery and development via integrated computational-experimental studies;
Understanding molecular basis of physiological processes;
Development of novel, reliable computational drug design approaches.
Professional Activities:
Chair-Elect/Chair/Past-Chair, Computational Drug Design Focus Group (CDDFG), American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS), 2006 – 2012; Committee Member (representing Drug Design and Discovery Section), AAPS National Biotechnology Conference (NBC) Program Committee for the AAPS NBC 2008, 2009, and 2010; Committee Member (representing Drug Design and Discovery Section), AAPS Fellow Selection Committee 2010 – 2013