Jianfeng Cai CV
Preeminent and Distinguished University Professor
Contact Information
Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A
Tampa, FL 33620-5250
Office: (813) 974-9506, NES 408B
Lab: (813) 974-2649, NES 405, 407, 409
Email: jianfengcai@usf.edu
Education
B.S., Nanjing University, 1993-1997
Advisor: Yun Lu
M.S., Nanjing University, 1997-2000
Advisor: Yun Lu
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2002-2006
Advisor: John-Stephen A. Taylor
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, 2007-2009
Advisor: Andrew D. Hamilton
Affiliations and Positions
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemsitry, USF, 2024-
USF Preeminent Professor, Department of Chemsitry, USF, 2020-
Director, Center for Molecular Diversity in Drug Design, Discovery and Development (CMD5), USF, 2019-
Professor, Department of Chemsitry, USF, 2018-
Associate professor, Department of Chemsitry, USF, 2015-2018
Assistant professor, Department of Chemsitry, USF, 2009-2015
Member, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 2009-
Awards & Honors
2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2024 Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
2024 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF
2024 Distinguished University Professor
2024 OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology Interface
2023 Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
2021 Outstanding Faculty Award, USF
2020 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, USF
2020 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF
2020 USF Preeminent Professor
2020 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2018 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF
2015 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, USF
2015 Biomatik Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, The Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA)
2014 NSF CAREER Award
2014 ChemComm Emerging Investigator
2012 New Investigator award, Florida Bankhead Coley Cancer Research Program
2011 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Professional Membership
Member, American Chemical Society (Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry Division)
Member, American Peptide Society
Member, USF Chapter of National Academy of Inventors
Professional Services
Editorial Board member, ChemistrySelect, 2015-
Editorial Advisory Board member, ChemistryOpen, 2017-
Associate Editor, Molecules, 2018-
Associate Editor, J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem., 2024-