Kim D. Janda, Ph.D.

Ely R. Callaway Jr. Professor in Chemistry

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Director, The Worm Institute of Research & Medicine (WIRM)

The Scripps Research Institute

Department of Chemistry

10550 North Torrey Pines Road

Maildrop: BCC-582

La Jolla, CA 92037

kdjanda(at)scripps.edu

Education:

 B.S., Clinical Chemistry, University of South Florida, 1980

 M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Arizona, 1983

 Thesis title: Synthesis of Diphenyl Ethers as Related to the Anti-tumor Agent Deoxybouvardin.

 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry Major, Medicinal Chemistry Minor, University of Arizona, 1984     

 Dissertation title: Progress Towards a Synthesis of Deoxybouvardin and Analogues: New Synthetic Methods.

Professional Record:

 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 1985-1986

 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 1987-1988

 Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, 1989-1990

 Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, CA, 1991-1992

 Associate Professor (tenured), Departments of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, TSRI, 1993-1996

 Associate Professor, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology (joint appointment), TSRI, 1996

 Ely R. Callaway Jr. Chair in Chemistry and Professor, Department of Chemistry, TSRI, 1996-present

 Skaggs Scholar, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, La Jolla, CA, 1996-present

 Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science (joint appointment), TSRI, 2005-present

 Director, The Worm Institute of Research & Medicine (WIRM), TSRI, 2005-present

Honorary, Professional Organizations and Awards:

 Scholar Athlete of the Year, University of South Florida, 1979 – 1980

 Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa, University of South Florida, 1980

 Member, American Chemical Society, 1981 – present

 Carl S. Marvel Fellowship, University of Arizona, 1984

 Fellow, American Institute of Chemists, 1986

 NIH FIRST Award, 1990 – 1995

 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 1993 – 1995

 Zeneca Lectuer, Colorado State University, 1995

 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1999

 J. Clarence Karcher Lecturer, University of Oklahoma, 2000

 Outstanding Alumnus in Chemistry, University of South Florida, 2001

 Shire BioChem Lecturer, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2002

 Rayson Huang Visiting Lecturer, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2002

 Sigma-Aldrich Lecturer, Milwaukee Section ACS, Milwaukee, WI, 2002

 Keynote Speaker, Graduate Student Symposium, University of Michigan, 2003

 GSO Speaker, University of North Carolina, 2003

 Biomolecular Student Lecturer, Emory University, 2003

 Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003

 Office of Life Sciences Distinguished Lecture, National University of Singapore, 2006

 Discover magazine's “Top 100 Science Stories of 2006” for obesity vaccine work, 2006

 Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2009

 E. Lilly Distinguished Lecturer, 2009

 Harold A. Iddles Lecture, Chemistry Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 2010

 Harvey W. McFadden, Jr., M.D. Lecture, Department of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2010

 Molecule of the Week (3,4-Diaminopyridine), American Chemical Society, 2010

 Arran Thomas Amadeo Streppa Memorial Lecture, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development Symposium, 2012

 10th Raymond N. Castle Student Research Conference Plenary Lecture, University of Southern Florida, 2012

 Path to Recovery Honoree, presented by A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing), for developing research towards a

 heroin addiction vaccine, 2015

 Xingda Lecturer, Peking University, College of Chemistry, Beijing, China, 2015

 Distinguished Seminar Lectureship Speaker, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2015

 ACS Alfred Bader Award in Bioorganic Chemistry, 2017

 Chu Lectureship Award, Idaho State University, 2017

 Wolk Lectureship Speaker, Colgate University, 2019

 Portoghese Lectureship Award, ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry, 2019

 Tai Lectureship in Innovative Therapeutics Award, University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy, 2019

 NIH Director's Lectureship (WALS), 2021