George A. Digenis, Ph.D. - University of Kentucky - College of ...

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GEORGE A. DIGENIS, Ph.D.
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Home Address: 3908 Zaring Mill Court, Louisville, KY 40241
Phone: 502-412-3413; Fax 502-412-4467
Office Address:
511C Pharmacy Building
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40536-0082
Phone: 859- 257-1970; FAX: 859-257-7585
e-mail: digenis@pop.uky.edu
Birthdate: September 28, 1935
Marital Status: Married
Spouse Name Helen
Children:
Alexander, Emily, Melina
Citizenship: United States of America by Naturalization
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EDUCATION
1954 - Greek Gymnasium - Greece
1959 - B.S., Pharmacy, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
1962 - M.S., Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1964 - Ph.D. Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin (Dr. H. Whitlock).
Thesis title: "Studies on Certain Amines of Biological Interest and Synthesis of
Dibenzo [b,f] Azepin and Attempted Synthesis of N-Substituted Dibenzo [b,f] Azepin"
1997 - Ph.D., (Honorary) Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Athens,
Athens, Greece
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2002-Present
Emeritus Professor
1974-2001 Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky.
Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, College of Medicine
University of Kentucky.
Professor of Toxicology, University of Kentucky.
Prior:
1975-80 Associate Scientist, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
1975 Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine, College of Pharmacy,
University of Kentucky
1970-74 Associate Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky
Professor of Medicinal, Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky