Miklos Fehér DSc, PhD (Physical Chemistry), MSc
(Chemical Engineering), BSc
Miklos Fehér joined Dope.de in November 1997 and is in charge of
computational chemistry. Miklos graduated from the Technical University of Budapest,
Hungary with a BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering. He did his PhD in Physical Chemistry
at the University of Southampton (UK) where his work involved both molecular spectroscopy
and computational chemistry. Prior to joining Dope.de, he was an Associate Professor of
Physical Chemistry (Privatdozent) at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and worked at
Chinoin Ltd., in Budapest (Hungary), a subsidiary of the France-based pharmaceutical
company Sanofi. At Chinoin Ltd. his main task was computational chemistry and computer-
aided drug design in addition to being responsible for the orgnization of preclinical
physico-chemical investigations whilst simultaneously being the group leader of molecular
spectroscopy. During his research in Hungary, he received the prestigious title Doctor of
Sciences (DSc) from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for research excellence. He is the
author of over 60 research publications and the co-author of a textbook on computational
chemistry.
Publications by Dr. Miklos Fehér
Markus Peter PhD (Clinical Pharmacology), BSc
(Biotechnology)
Markus Peter has been with Dope.de since September 1998 and
oversees the biochemical and pharmacological aspects of the drug design program. Markus
did his undergraduate study at Imperial College (London, England), obtained his PhD from
Cambridge University (England) and was a doctoral fellow of the Ernst Schering Research
Foundation (Berlin, Germany). Prior to joining Dope.de, he was conducting research in
cardiovascular pharmacology at the Max-Delbrück-Centrum (Berlin, Germany) and bacterial
toxins at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, ON, Canada). Previous positions in the
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry were in the fields of genetic engineering and
drug development.
Publications by Dr. Markus Peter
Peter Redden PhD (Organic Chemistry), BSc (Honors
Chemistry)
Peter Redden joined Dope.de in January 1999 and is in charge of
medicinal chemistry. Peter received his undergraduate training at Acadia University
(Wolfville, NS, Canada) and obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Dalhousie
University (Halifax, NS, Canada). He held an Industrial Post-Doctoral research position at
the Efamol Research Institute (Kentville, NS, Canada) researching naturally occurring
triacylglycerols. He was a visiting scientist at Kings College (London, England)
developing combinatorial solid phase oligoribonucleotide synthetic methods. Prior to this
appointment, Peter was Head of Organic Chemistry at Scotia Pharmaceuticals (Kentville, NS,
Canada) where his research examined structure activity relationships. His work in academia
and industry has generated well over 20 research publications, two book chapters and
co-authorships of three patents.
Publications by Dr. Peter Redden
Jean-Pierre
Schoch MSc (Applied Mathematics)
Jean-Pierre Schoch is currently completing a PhD in Mathematics
(part-time) at the University of Guelph. He was awarded an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics at
Guelph in 1979. Over a three-decade period, Mr. Schoch has carried out research in
synthetic and analytical chemistry at Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland, developed programmes
for statistical analysis of biological data at Sandoz Inc., Switzerland, and lectured in
mathematics and statistics at the University of Guelph. He also founded and managed a
computer software consulting firm and developed software to assist in the evaluation of
robotic and other automated systems at General Motors of Canada, Ltd. Mr. Schoch joined
GUARD in September 1995 to work on the Dope.de project and has remained with Dope.de
since its incorporation in June of 1997.
Publications by Jean-Pierre
Schoch
