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IMS Affiliated Faculty

Faculty are hired by their respective departments, to which they owe primary responsibility; however, the institute continues to be involved in the identification of hiring and faculty needs of the cross-disciplinary marine program through active involvement in new faculty searches and in support of departmental recommendations. Affiliated faculty and researchers are those individuals that utilize any of the ORU’s resources (space, seawater, equipment, etc) and/or individuals whose research falls within one of the seven research clusters supported by IMS. IMS only appoints affiliates in the ORU based on the individual researchers request to be associated with the ORU.
John MacMillan
  • Title
    • Vice Chancellor for Research
    • Professor
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division, Office of Research
  • Department
    • Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
    • Office of Research
  • Phone
    831-459-3014, 831-459-2425
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Kerr Hall, 421A
    • Physical Sciences Bldg 346 (Office)
    • Physical Sciences Bldg 386.387.390 (Labs)
  • Mail Stop Chancellor's Office
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Chemical Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry

Summary of Expertise

Natural products chemistry, chemical biology, structural elucidation, cancer biology, microbial natural products

Research Interests

  • antibiotics
  • cancer biology
  • drug discovery
  • marine microbiology
  • natural products
  • organic chemistry
  • polyketides
  • target identification

Biography, Education and Training

Post-doc: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Ph.D.: University of California, Davis (Chemistry)

B.Sc.: University of Iowa (Chemistry) 

Honors, Awards and Grants

Marine Drugs New Investigator Award – 2016 (inaugural)

Martha Steiner Professorship in Medical Sciences – 2015

Matt Suffness New Investigator Award, American Society of Pharmacognosy – 2015

Chilton /Bell Scholar in Biochemistry – 2007