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 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-