Swanlund Endowed Chair: John Katzenellenbogen

John Katzenellenbogen is Swanlund Chair and Professor of Chemistry.  His research spans chemistry, biology and medicine, and involves analysis of steroid receptor structure and function use in various bioanalytical and biomedical applications.  Professor Katzenellenbogen prepared the first affinity labeling and subtype-specific agents for the estrogen receptor, has developed an extensive series of steroid receptor-based agents for positron emission tomography (PET), obtained the first PET images of breast and prostate tumors, and developed a PET imaging-based hormone challenge test to predict breast cancer patient response to endocrine therapies.  He collaborates extensively with other researchers and has published more than 400 articles.  Among his honors: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, three NIH MERIT Awards, the Paul C. Aebersold Award, Cope Scholar Award, Roy O. Greep Lectureship Award, and the E. B. Hershberg Award.