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RISE

What if you could...

What if you could get a head start knowing what working in the scientific industry is really like...

The RISE Program pairs eminent scientists and undergraduates for challenging research.

  • SCIENTIFIC HOTHOUSE

    Drew has an outstanding group of science professors, but it has something other universities don’t: a suite of offices filled with former scientists from top-flight research labs who mentor Drew undergraduates.

  • Believed to be the only program in the nation of its kind, the Charles A. Dana Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE) gives you the chance to work with scientists in a variety of fields, from drug discovery at Merck and Schering-Plough to industrial microbiology to mathematics.
  • You may find yourself named in a scientific paper with a RISE Fellow, as seven students who assisted with research recently did. Their article, “Antimicrobial Spectrum of the Antitumor Agent, Cisplatin,” appeared in The Journal of Antibiotics.
  • Since RISE began in 1979, the Fellows have guided the research efforts of nearly 300 students majoring in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics.
  • The program has received the prestigious Merck Innovation Award for Undergraduate Science Education “for fresh thinking and imaginative use of resources.”

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Careers Made easy

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Working with RISE Fellows puts you out in front of the professional scientific community while still a student. RISE student Tharani Theivakumar recently won a cash prize from the New Jersey chapter of the American Chemical Society for her presentation on anti-tumor agents.

That even means national exposure. Two RISE students recently landed Goldwater Scholarships, the premiere U.S. scholarship for undergraduates majoring in math, science and engineering.

RISE also gives you experience with analytic equipment you’ll use on the job, from liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (for separating and identifying components of a mixture) to high-field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (for determining molecular structures).

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    Passionate Faculty

    William C. Campbell

    Parasitologist, RISE Associate

    I focus on parasitology and chemotherapy of parasitic infections. I’m a former senior director of basic parasitology at Merck. I’ve developed drugs for river blindness, which affects humans in Africa and Latin America, and heartworm in dogs.

    Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

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    Passionate Faculty

    Bimalendu DasMahapatra

    Molecular biologist, RISE Fellow

    I am a former research fellow of oncology and virology drug discovery research at Schering-Plough Co. I study tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes and their functional modulation by small molecules for development of cancer therapeutics.

    Ph.D., University of Calcutta, India

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    Passionate Faculty

    Arnold Demain

    Microbial biochemist, RISE Fellow 

    Before coming to Drew I was professor of industrial microbiology in the biology department at MIT. I also founded the Department of Fermentation Microbiology at Merck & Co., Inc. I’m interested in the regulation of microbial fermentations, biotransformations and natural products.

    Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley and Davis

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    Passionate Faculty

    Ronald J. Doll

    Organic chemist, RISE Fellow

    I was the director of chemical research, infectious diseases and tumor biology at the Schering-Plough Research Institute and Merck Research Laboratories. I study the preparation of compounds with interesting biological, chemical and physical properties.

    Ph.D., Duke University

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    Passionate Faculty

    Vincent P. Gullo

    Organic chemist, RISE Fellow 

    I am the former vice president of drug discovery at Cetek Corporation and senior director of new lead discovery at Schering Plough, Inc. I’m primarily interested in drug discovery, natural products, high throughput screening and medicinal chemistry.

    Ph.D., Columbia University

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    Passionate Faculty

    Jon R. Kettenring

    Statistician, RISE Director

    I was formerly the executive director at Bellcore and Telcordia Technologies. I work on multivariate methods, robust methods, outlier detection, cluster analysis and data analysis.

    Ph.D., University of North Carolina

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    Passionate Faculty

    James M. Miller

    Chemist, Fellow

    I actually retired where I work. I am a former Drew professor of chemistry, whose research interests include analytical chemistry, chromatography, capillary electrophoresis.

    Ph.D., Purdue University

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    Passionate Faculty

    Barbara Petrack

    Biochemist, RISE Fellow

    A former research fellow at CIBA-Geigy (Novartis), I work on enzymology, regulation of metabolism, nitric oxide, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes

    Ph.D., New York University Medical Center

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    Passionate Faculty

    Birendra N. Pramanik

    Mass spectroscopist/analytical chemist, RISE Associate

    I am a former Distinguished Research Fellow in Chemical Research at Schering-Plough and Merck. I do research into the structural characterization of small molecules (new chemical entities, natural products) and proteins by mass spectrometry (MS) and NMR methods (NMR, LC/NMR, MS, HR/MS, LC/MS, LC/MS/MS, FT/MS), as well as the development of MS methods for protein-inhibitor interaction studies.

    Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology

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