About John
Experience
B.S. Cultural Anthropology 1983, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Ph.D. Medical Sciences/Pharmacology 2000, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Post-doc Pharmaceutical Sciences 2002, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2011 – 2019 Associate Professor, Pharmacology Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Lebanon, OR
2010 – 2011 Research Pharmacologist Omnigen Research, LLC Corvallis, OR
2005 – 2011 Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University
2003 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Senior Research College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University
2002 – 2003 Research Associate College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University
1998 – 2001 Pharmacologist/ Project Manager AVI BioPharma, Inc., Corvallis, OR
Career Highlights
- Served on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for the Homeless, the Low Income Housing Coalition, co-founder of the Nebraska Coalition for the Homeless
- Designed, sythesized and tested the first small molecule telomerase inhibitor for cancer. Patent Publication Numbers WO 96/23508 and WO 1999003507 A1
- Inventor of a novel therapy of polycystic kidney disease. US patent number 6,875,747 B
- Author of 28 peer reviewed publications and three book chapters
