Welcome to the Department of Medicinal Chemistry

The department’s strategic location within UF Health facilitates interdisciplinary collaborations and close interactions with clinicians, which catalyzes the translation from bench to bedside.

Our Department

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Department news

Dr. Ranjala Ratnayake honored with Superior…

Dr. Ratnayake was recognized for her leadership in the renovation of a new $10 million, 14,500-square-foot laboratory designed to advance UF’s…

Ranjala Ratnayake

Dr. Chenglong Li appointed chair of the…

Li steps into a leadership role of a top-ranked medicinal chemistry department that has grown substantially over the past decade.

Chenglong Li

Trilateral global research partnership in marine…

The UF CNPD3 will collaborate with Singapore to tap Indonesia’s rich marine biodiversity.

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seminar series and guest speakers

CNPD3 Seminar Series | Dr. Severin T. Schneebeli

Tuesday, March 31, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-15 Dr. Schneebeli’s presentation title is “Integrating Single-molecule Sequencing and…

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CNPD3 Seminar Series | Dr. Danette Daniels

Wednesday, March 4, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-15 Dr. Daniel’s presentation title is “Towards new cancer medicines with degraders of chromatin…

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CNPD3 Seminar Series | Dr. Aarron Willingham

Wednesday, February 4, from 10 – 11 a.m. in C1-15 Dr. Willingham’s presentation title is “Adventures in Biologics Drug Development.”

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fast facts | FISCAL year 2025

$7.6 million in research awards

81 Publications

11 Research Groups in Ph.D. Program

32 Ph.D. students

13 Postdoctoral fellows

29 New U.S. Patents Filed

5 New U.S Patents Issued

9 New Licenses / Options

College news

Dr. Ranjala Ratnayake honored with Superior Accomplishment Award

Legislative Days gives pharmacy students insight into state government

238 pharmacy students don white coats during annual ceremony

Dr. Julio Duarte named Debbie DeSantis Term Professor