At the interface of medicinal chemistry and enzymology
Hoang V. Le
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (2016 - present)
Department of BioMolecular Sciences
School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University (2013 - 2016)
Advisor: Richard Silverman
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013
Advisor: Bruce Ganem
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2008
Advisor: Kenneth Raymond
Academic Appointments
2016–Present: Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2016–Present: Research Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2020–Present: Member, UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
2019–2021: Graduate Program Coordinator, Medicinal Chemistry Division, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2018–2019: Visiting Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Honors and Awards
2021: P2 Teaching Team of the Year Award (Team Member), UM School of Pharmacy
2020: P1 Teaching Team of the Year Award (Team Leader), UM School of Pharmacy
2018: New Investigator Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
2010–2012: NIH Chemistry/Biology Interface Training Grant
Industrial Experience
Avila Therapeutics, Inc. (now part of Celgene Corporation), 10/2011–11/2011
Other Experiences and Professional Memberships
2021–Present: Member, UM Mentoring Working Group
2021: Poster Reviewer, Virtual Pharmacy Education: The 2021 AACP Annual Meeting
2021–Present: Member, UM Graduate School's Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-being Advisory Board
2021: Member, AACP Chemistry Section Awards Committee
2021: Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
2018–Present: Secretary (elected in 2018; re-elected in 2019 and 2020), American Chemical Society Local Section, University of Mississippi
2020–2021: Vice Chair, Research and Graduate Affairs Committee, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2020: Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
2019–2020: Member, AACP New Investigator Awards Review Committee
2019–Present: Faculty Advisor, Ole Miss Vietnamese American Student Association (VASA)
2019–2020: Vice Chair, Research and Graduate Affairs Committee, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2019–Present: Member, The Rho Chi Society (the Academic Honor Society in Pharmacy)
2019: Reviewer, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP)
2018: NIGMS Mentoring Workshop for New Faculty in Organic and Biological Chemistry
2018: NSF Chemistry Early Career Investigator Workshop
2018–Present: Member, Experimental Therapeutics Group, UMMC Cancer Center and Research Institute
2017–Present: Founder and Director, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (STEMS REU) Program, University of Mississippi
2017: Reviewer, NIH Macromolecular Structure and Function A Study Section
2017: NIH Early Career Reviewer Program
2016–2019: Member, Research and Graduate Affairs Committee, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi
2016–Present: Member, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
2016–Present: Member, Divisions of Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2015: NIH Training in Neurotherapeutics Discovery and Development for Academic Scientists
2008–2009: Member, Council of Representatives of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Cornell University