The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

Dr. Mitchell A. Avery

Faser Hall 415
662 915-5879
mavery@olemiss.edu
http://www.pharmacy.olemiss.edu/medicinal_chemistry/avery.html

Education:

Ph.D. University of California at Santa Cruz
B.S. Oregon State University

Appointment(s):

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director of the Laboratory for Applied Drug Design and Synthesis

InterestsDr. Avery's research focuses on total synthesis of natural products, bioactive natural products isolation and structure determination, structure-activity relationship studies, 3D QSAR. Ongoing research is being conducted within his labs with the following targets:
Antimalarial Agents (Artemisinin)
Antifungal Agents (Pseudolaric Acid)
Anticancer Agents (Epothilones, Taxanes, Curacins)
Contraceptive Agents

Male (Enzyme Inhibitor Design)
Female (Antiprogestins)

Molecular Modeling