Gunda Georg

Gunda I. Georg is a chemist who is currently the Professor and Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry,[1] Regents Professor,[2] McKnight Presidential Chair, Robert Vince Endowed Chair at University of Minnesota and a former Co-Editor-in-Chief of American Chemical Society's Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.[3] Her research interests are total synthesis and semisynthesis as well as evaluating biologically active agents.[4] A cited expert in her field,[5] she was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1996[6] and inducted in the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame in 2017.[7] In 2019, she was announced as the 2020 winner and first woman to receive the Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry (established by GlaxoSmithKline, now sponsored by Gilead[8]).[9] She along with chemists, Shameem Syeda and Gustavo Blanco, are leading researchers in male contraception.[10] Dr Georg also works with her research groups to conduct research on Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and cancer experimental therapeutics.[11]

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  2. ^ "Three U of M Regents Professors named". umn.edu. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on Sep 19, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Editor". acs.org. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
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  6. ^ "Gunda Georg". aaas.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  7. ^ "MEDI Hall of Fame Inductees".
  8. ^ "Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry".
  9. ^ Wang, Linda. "ACS 2020 national award winners". Chemical & Engineering News.
  10. ^ "University of Minnesota scientists may have discovered a male birth control pill". startribune.com. 10 March 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Georg, Gunda". Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-06.