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Olgun Guvench, M.D., Ph.D.
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Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
Location
Pharmacy Building, Rm 322
Portland Campus for the Health Sciences
Eligible for Student Opportunities
Olgun Guvench teaches foundational and applied sciences to Pharm.D. students and pursues research in the field of biomolecular simulation, with focuses on: cytochrome P450s (CYPs); proteoglycans; and protein-carbohydrate interactions. Before joining 91AV, Dr. Guvench was a National Institutes of Health Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, where he trained in biomolecular simulation and structure-based discovery/design, including developing new atomic-resolution models for simulating carbohydrates.
Credentials
Education
Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
2005
M.D.
Columbia University
2001
B.A.
Harvard University
1997
Post-Doctoral Training
National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32)
University of Maryland
University of Maryland
Research
Selected publications
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Research interests
-Structure-based modeling of cytochrome P450 (CYP) metabolism and inhibition
-Molecular modeling of proteoglycans
-Protein-carbohydrate interactions in molecular recognition and signaling