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William C. Campbell

Parasitologist, Fellow since 1990, formerly Senior Director, Basic Parasitology, Merck & Company, Inc.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1957

Research Interests: Parasitology, chemotherapy of parasitic infections

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Contact: wcampbel@drew.edu, ext. 3096, HSC 332


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Arnold L. Demain

Microbial Biochemist, Fellow since 2001, formerly Professor of Industrial Microbiology in the Biology Department, MIT.
Previously Founder and Head of Department of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co., Inc.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley and Davis, 1954

Research Interests: Regulation of microbial fermentations, biotransformations, natural products

Contact: ademain@drew.edu, ext. 3937, HSC 330


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Vincent P. Gullo

Organic Chemist, Fellow since 2007, formerly Vice President of Drug Discovery, Cetek Corporation.
Previously, Senior Director of New Lead Discovery, Schering Plough Research Institute, and
Research Fellow, Natural Product Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc.
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1975

Research Interests: Drug discovery, natural products, high throughput screening, medicinal chemistry

Contact: vgullo@drew.edu, ext. 3904, HSC 331


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Jon R. Kettenring

Statistician, Director of RISE since 2008, Fellow since 2004, formerly Executive Director, Bellcore and Telcordia Technologies.
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1969 

Research Interests:  Multivariate methods, robust methods, outlier detection, cluster analysis, data analysis

Contact:  jkettenr@drew.edu, ext. 3829, HSC 322


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Allen I. Laskin

Microbiologist, Fellow since 1989; formerly President, Matrix Research Laboratories; formerly Head of Biosciences, Exxon Research and Engineering Company; previously Associate Director of Microbiology, Squibb Institute for Medical Research.
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1956

Research Interests:  Microbial transformations of organic compounds, bioremediation, biotechnology

Contact:  alaskin@drew.edu, ext. 3805, HSC 325


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James McKenna

Mathematician, Fellow since 1997, formerly Executive Director, Bellcore. 
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1961

Research Interests:  Applied mathematics, applied physics, communication science, queuing network theory, neurobiology

Contact:  jmckenna@drew.edu, ext. 3709, HSC 318



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James M. Miller

Chemist, Fellow since 1997, formerly Professor of Chemistry, Drew University.
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1960

Research Interests:  Analytical chemistry, chromatography, capillary electrophoresis

Contact:  jmiller@drew.edu, ext. 3369



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Barbara Petrack

Biochemist, Fellow since 1997, formerly Research Fellow, CIBA-Geigy (Novartis).
Ph.D., New York University Medical Center, 1957

Research Interests:  Enzymology, regulation of metabolism, nitric oxide, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes

Contact:  bpetrack@drew.edu, ext 3567, HSC 329


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Kenneth A. Thomas

Biochemist, Fellow since 2004, formerly Director of Growth Factor Research, Merck & Co., Inc.
Ph.D., Duke University, 1974

Research Interests:  Activities and mechanisms of protein growth factors and their cellular receptors, the structure and function of proteins, bioinformatics

Contact:  kthomas@drew.edu, ext. 3867, HSC 334