Julian A. Simon

Dr. Julian A. Simon is an Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where he is an expert in anti-cancer drug screening. A chemist by training, Dr. Simon has developed a research program around drug screening involving both synthetic chemistry and genetic screening. He has strong interest and breadth of knowledge in natural products as sources for anti-cancer drug development as well as extensive knowledge of classes of chemical compounds that can potentially be useful for drug development. He is very knowledgeable about extraction processes of natural product sources as well as the development of relevant biological paradigms in which to test molecules from natural product sources.