Full Professor(heuristic)

Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis · Pharmacology

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h-index69
i10-index264
Publications419
Citations21,817

Grants

11 total · 3 active

NIH #R01CA204484

Novel Enediyne-Based Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Cancers

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2016-12-15 → 2029-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NIH #R35GM134954

Mining Actinobacterial Genomes for Natural Product Discovery and Biosynthesis

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2020-01-01 → 2029-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NIH #R01AI164490

TrmD-targeting actinobacterial natural products as next generation antibiotics

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-06-25 → 2027-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

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All Grants

11 total · 3 active

NIH #R01CA204484

Novel Enediyne-Based Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Cancers

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2016-12-15 → 2029-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NIH #R35GM134954

Mining Actinobacterial Genomes for Natural Product Discovery and Biosynthesis

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2020-01-01 → 2029-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NIH #R01AI164490

TrmD-targeting actinobacterial natural products as next generation antibiotics

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-06-25 → 2027-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01CA174844

A Drug Delivery Strategy for Targeted Therapy of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2013-06-12 → 2024-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NIH #R01GM115575

Genome Mining for Enediyne Natural Products from Actinomycetals

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2016-03-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at SCRIPPS FLORIDA

NIH #R01GM114353

Discovery and biosynthesis of diterpenoid natural products in actinomycetals

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-12-01 → 2019-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at SCRIPPS FLORIDA

NIH #R01CA106150

AT-less Type I Polyketide Synthases

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2004-05-01 → 2017-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at SCRIPPS FLORIDA

NIH #R01CA078747

Enediyne Biosynthesis and Engineering

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
1999-09-01 → 2016-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at SCRIPPS FLORIDA

NIH #R21AI105472

Natural products as antifilarial asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2013-08-15 → 2016-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN

NSF #0196528

CAREER: Polyketide Synthase and Peptide Synthetase: Mechanistic Studies and Engineered Biosynthesis

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2001-10-01 → 2004-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Wisconsin-Madison

NSF #9733938

CAREER: Polyketide Synthase and Peptide Synthetase: Mechanistic Studies and Engineered Biosynthesis

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
1998-04-15 → 2001-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Davis

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Discovery of 5-Chlorotryptophan-Containing Antibiotics through Metabologenomics-Assisted High-Throughput Screening (JACS Au)2025-11-25
  2. New preprint: Discovery of 5-Chlorotryptophan-Containing Antibiotics through Metabologenomics-assisted High-throughput Screening2025-08-28
  3. New NIH award: TrmD-targeting actinobacterial natural products as next generation antibiotics2021-06-25

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