Gunda I. Georg, PhD


Year Inducted

1992

Career Field

Chemistry

Highlights

  • Robert Vince Endowed Chair and McKnight Presidential Chair in Medicinal Chemistry at University of Minnesota
  • University Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at KU
  • Honored with Sato Memorial International Award of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  • Received Kansas Higuchi/Endowment Research Achievement Olin K. Petefish Award in Basic Sciences
  • First Kansas principle investigator of an NIH Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
  • Co-inventor of LusedraTM, an anesthetic approved by the FDA in December 2008