Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Darrell R. Davis, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and of Biochemistry
phone: 801.581.7006
fax: 801.581.7087

Education 

B.S. 1982 Chemistry, University of Puget Sound
Ph.D. 1988, Organic Chemistry, University of Utah

Positions Held 

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Adjunct in Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah
Professor, 2003-present
Associate Professor, 1996-2003
Assistant Professor, 1989-1996
Director, Biological Chemistry Graduate Program, 2002-2004
Director, Biomolecular NMR Facility, Health Sciences Center, 1991-present

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, with Brian R. Reid, 1988-1989

Research Interests 

Structure determination of nucleic acids and proteins using NMR spectroscopy; development of methods to determine high-resolution solution structures of DNA and RNA; the effect of chemical modification on nucleic acid structure.