Biographical Info Juan was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI and earned his B.A. in Chemistry from Carleton College. He entered the graduate program at UC San Diego to pursue the synthesis of biologically active peptides and peptidomimetics under the supervision of Professor Murray Goodman. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2004, Juan began a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Hanessian at the University of Montreal. His research there centered on the total synthesis of non-ribosomal peptide and alkaloid natural products. In 2006, Juan began his independent career at New Mexico State University and moved his laboratory to the Moffitt Cancer Center at the University of South Florida in 2009. In 2019, Juan accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame, where he is currently the W. K. Warren Family Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. His research group works at the interface of organic synthesis and chemical biology, with an emphasis on complex peptide natural products, protein mimicry, and modulators of proteostasis. |