For his groundbreaking work in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, and advancing natural products research in medicine.
Professor Potter has been selected from among the nearly 80 excellent nominees for his outstanding contributions to Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology through research with a strong relationship to Natural Products Chemistry, and his academic excellence, leadership and entrepreneurship across a wide spectrum of activities related to Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. His research interests cover a broad range, from enzyme mechanisms, cellular signaling molecules, the chemistry of nucleic acids, nucleotides and biophosphates to drug design and discovery, where several of his drugs have gone on to “first in class” Phase I and II clinical trials in the areas of breast, prostate and endometrial cancer, endometriosis and hormone replacement therapy. He has published over 500 papers and is listed as co-inventor in more than 700 patent applications, over 400 of which have been granted to date.
Awarding Committee
Chair
Dr. Derek J. McPhee
Amyris, Inc, USA
Members
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
University of Pavia, Italy
Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Campus Nueva Granada, Cajicá, Colombia
Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, and Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
ICOA UMR CNRS 7311, Universite d'Orleans, Orleans, France
University of Southern California, USA
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Egerton University, Kenya
Universidad de Buenos AiresInstituto de Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco, República Argentina
The Ohio State University, USA
Universite d’Orleans, France
University of Naples Federico II, Department of Pharmacy, Napoli, Italy
University Dr. San Marcos, USA
Griffith University, Australia
Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australiao
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA