Current Dana Fellows

William C. Campbell, parasitologist, Fellow since 1990, formerly Director, Assay Research and Development, Merck & Company, Inc. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1957.

Research interests:

parasitology, chemotherapy of parasitic infections. Adjunct professor of biology, Drew University. Adjunct professor, graduate school, Drew University. Adjunct professor, New York Medical School. Editor, "Trichinella and Trichinosis," Plenum Press, New York, pp.581, 1983; "Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases," Plenum Press, New York, pp. 655, 1986; "Ivermectin and Abamectin," Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 363, 1989. "Trichinellosis" (with E. Pozio and F. Bruschi) Instituto Superiore de Sanitá Press, Rome, pp. 648, 1994.

Member, National Academy of Sciences of USA.

Link to Germ Theory Calender by William C. Campbell

William C. Campbell

Arnold L. Demain, microbial biochemist, Fellow since 2001, formerly Professor of Industrial Microbiology 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.

Visiting Professor, Rutgers University. International Editor for The Americas of "Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology." National Academy of Sciences of USA, Mexico and Hungary.

Arnold L. Demain

Jon Kettenring Statistician, Ph.D. 1969, University of North Carolina, Statistics

Retired from Telcordia Technologies as Executive Director, 2003

Tenure at RISE April 2004 - present

· AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Applied statistics, multivariate methods, robust methods, statistical graphics, data analysis, data mining, cluster analysis

· OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Chair, Board of Trustees, National Institute of Statistical Sciences

Member, Advisory Committee on Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation

Member, Advisory Committee on Government Performance and Results Act Performance Assessment, National Science Foundation

Member, Committee of Visitors, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation

Chair, Committee on Operations Research-Statistics Interface

Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory

· MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Statistical Association

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

International Statistical Institute

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Jon Kettenring

Allen I. Laskin , microbiologist,
Fellow since 1989,
formerly President, Matrix Research Laboratories
formerly Head of Biosciences, Exxon.
Ph.D., University of Texas, 1956.

Research interests:
microbial transformations of organic compounds, bioremediation, and biotechnology.

Visiting scholar, Rutgers University.
Senior Editor, "Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology;"
co-editor, 'Encyclopedia of Microbiology," co-editor, "Advances in Applied Microbiology," Academic Press.
Consultant in Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Allen I. Laskin

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, asymptotic analysis.
Lecturer, Drew University.
Office holder, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

James McKenna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. Member, Awards Committee, Novartis-Drew Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium Consultant and lecturer, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Books by James M. Miller

"Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts"
James M. Miller
ISBN: 0-471-84821-2
Hardcover
320 Pages
Published January 1988

"Chromatography Concepts and Contrasts 2nd Edition"
James M. Miller
ISBN: 0-471- 47207-7
Hardcover
490 Pages
Published November 2004

"Basic Gas Chromatography,"
Harold M. McNair, James M. Miller
ISBN: 0-471-17260-X
Hardcover
224 Pages
Published October 1997

"Analytical Chemistry in a GMP Environment: A Practical Guide"
James M. Miller (Editor), Jonathan B. Crowther (Editor)
ISBN: 0-471-31431-5
Hardcover
488 Pages
Published April 2000

James M. Miller

Barbara Petrack, biochemist,
Fellow since 1997,
formerly Research Fellow, CIBA Pharmaceutical Company.
Ph.D., New York University Medical Center, 1957.

Research interests:
enzymology, regulation of metabolism, induced nitric oxide synthesis, bile acid synthesis, diabetes research, catecholamine biosynthesis.
Organizer, Novartis-Drew Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium
Organizer, Research Scholar Lecture Series. Officer, New York Academy of Sciences.

Barbara Petrack

Kenneth A. Thomas

Ph.D. 1974, Duke University, Biochemistry

Retired from Merck Research Laboratories as Director, 2003

Tenure at RISE: May 2004 - present

AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Cellular growth and signal transduction; cell biology and protein structure/function, angiogeneses and cardiovascular biology; oncology, cardiology, and neurobiology.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Crystallographic Society
American Chemical Society
American Association of Sciences
Protein Chemistry Society
Sigma Xi

Ken Thomas