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Jack DeRuiter School of Pharmacy Auburn University Auburn University, AL 36849-5503 Voice: (334) 844-8323 Fax: (334) 844-8331

Biographical Sketch

Personal Data

• Born: Holland, Michigan; December 7, 1953
• Children:

Casaundra J. (b 1980)

Alexander Paul (b 1983)

Taylor J. (b 1989)

Education

• Hope College, Holland, MI, B.A. (1976)
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.S. (1978)
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Ph.D. (1982)
• State University of New York at Buffalo, Post-Doctoral (1983)

Appointments

• Assistant Professor, 1983-1988, Dept. Pharmacal Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Auburn University.
• Associate Professor, 1988-1993, Dept. Pharmacal Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Auburn University.
• Professor, 1993-Present, Dept. Pharmacal Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Auburn University.

Research

• Design, Synthesis and Biochemical Actions of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors
• Design and Synthesis of Novel Ligands for the Opiate Receptor
• Stereochemical Aspects of Drug Synthesis and Drug-Target Interactions
• Synthesis, Methods of Analysis and Pharmacology of Drugs of Abuse
• Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of Aldose Reductase
• Publications: J. Med. Chem., J. Heterocyclic Chem., J. Chromatogr. Sci