{"id":51,"date":"2021-12-03T02:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:54:10","slug":"david-e-heppner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/david-e-heppner\/","title":{"rendered":"David E. Heppner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul-999x1024.jpg 999w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul-1498x1536.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/12\/Heppner_Istanbul.jpg 1851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=yyEViq4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/heppnerd\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Selected Honors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Philip S. Portoghese <em>Journal of Medicinal Chemistry<\/em>\/<em>ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters<\/em> \u2013 Division of Medicinal Chemistry Joint Lectureship Award, 2025<\/li>\n<li>NIH R35 Maximizing Investigators\u2019 Research Award (MIRA), 2024-2029<\/li>\n<li>CTSI BTC K Scholar, 2022-2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Editorial Service<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Editor, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2025-present).<\/li>\n<li>Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2025).<\/li>\n<li>Editorial Advisory Board, npj Drug Discovery (2025-present).<\/li>\n<li>Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/collections\/hagbdeeghc\">Molecular Glue Special Collection<\/a>, npj Drug Discovery (2026).<\/li>\n<li>Guest Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/page\/si\/structural-biology-drug-discovery\">Special Virtual Issue on Structural Biology<\/a>, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (Summer 2025).<\/li>\n<li>Guest Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/journals\/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=md&amp;themeid=b3c30548-14fa-4215-8c4a-af4f98639185\">Kinase Themed Collection<\/a>, RSC Medicinal Chemistry (2025).<\/li>\n<li>Early Career Board, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2023-2025).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Appointements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>J. Solo Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. Department of Chemistry. <strong>The State University of New York at Buffalo<\/strong>\u00a0(2020-present).<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer Faculty. Department of Structural Biology. Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, <strong>The State University of New York at Buffalo<\/strong>\u00a0(2022-present).<\/li>\n<li>Adjunct Assistant Professor. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, <strong>The State University of New York at Buffalo <\/strong>(2025-present).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oncology. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. <strong>Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/strong> (2021-present).<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Fellow. <strong>Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/strong> and <strong>Harvard Medical School\u00a0<\/strong>(2017-2020).<\/li>\n<li>NIH Postdoctoral Fellow. <strong>University of Vermont\u00a0<\/strong>(2014-2017).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. in Chemistry.\u00a0<strong>Stanford University\u00a0<\/strong>(2014).<\/li>\n<li>B.S. in Chemistry <em>Summa Cum Laude\u00a0<\/em><strong>University of Minnesota <\/strong>(2007).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected Honors The Philip S. Portoghese Journal of Medicinal Chemistry\/ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters \u2013 Division of Medicinal Chemistry Joint Lectureship Award, 2025 NIH R35 Maximizing Investigators\u2019 Research Award (MIRA), 2024-2029 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/heppner\/david-e-heppner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">David E. 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