ABOUT

JAMES A. PELISKA


EDUCATION

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry)
B.S., Northland College (Chemistry & Biology)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Current:
University of Mary
Administrative Chair with Associate Dean 
of Math and Sciences.
Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry.
Pre-Medicine Program, program coordinator.

Past:
Ave Maria University
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of Michigan Medical School
Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Interdepartmental Faculty in Medicinal Chemistry

RESEARCH SUMMARY
GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
1) HIV-1 RETROVIRUS REPLICATION BIOCHEMISTRY/DRUG DISCOVERY 
2) METABOLITE BIOMARKERS OF DISEASE

Chemistry and biology have long been considered separate disciplines, each applying its own technology and method to solve problems within their respective fields. The boundaries between the chemical and biological sciences are rapidly dissolving as scientists increasingly use chemical tools and concepts to explore mechanism, structure and function in complex biological systems at the biochemical, genetic and organismal level. The goal of the work in my lab is to develop new strategies to examine some of these exciting questions at the interface of chemistry and biology.