Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Location: BioMed 1, B238C
Phone: 501-686-6496
Email: dejones@uams.edu
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Education & Training
- PhD Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia MO
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside CA
Teaching Responsibilities
- PhSci 7103 Principles of Drug Action
- PhSci 7203 Medicinal and Natural Product Chemistry
Research & Scholarly Interests
My research interests are broadly in the area of medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. We study essential proteins involved in DNA repair processes. Using structural biology, fragment-based and computer-aided drug design techniques, we develop small molecule inhibitors and tool compounds of these proteins to provide a greater understanding of the mechanisms of DNA repair processes and of chemotherapeutic drug resistance.
Memberships
- American Chemical Society
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist
- MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society