Education

PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
MS, Johns Hopkins University

Research Interest

My research is in the area of computer-aided drug design.  Recent work funded by the National Institutes of Health focuses on the study of dopamine reuptake inhibitors as potential treatment for cocaine abuse, as well as the development of novel opioid pain medications based on salvinorin A.

Selected Publications

"Feature Extraction Using Molecular Planes for Fuzzy Relational Clustering of a Flexible Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor", A. Banerjee, M. Misra, D. Pai, R. Woodley, L.-Y. Shih, R.N. Dave, A.R. Srinivasan, W.K. Olson, and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 47, 2216-2227 (2007).

“CoMFA and COMSIA Studies of the DAT/SERT Selectivity of GBR 12909 Analogs”, K.M. Gilbert, T.L. Boos, E. Greiner, A.E. Jacobson, D. Lewis, D. Matecka, T.E. Prisinzano, Y. Zhang, R.B. Rothman, K.C. Rice, and C.A. Venanzi, Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry, 15, 1146-1159 (2007).

"Hierarchical Clustering Analysis of Flexible GBR 12909 Dialkyl Piperazine and Piperadine Analogs", K.M. Gilbert and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 20, 209-225 (2006).

"Singular Value Decomposition of Torsional Angles of Analogs of the Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor GBR 12909", A. Fiorentino, D. Pandit, K.M. Gilbert, M. Misra, R. Dios, and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Computational Chemistry, 27, 609-620 (2006).

"Novel Feature Extraction Technique for Fuzzy Relational Clustering of a Flexible Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor", M. Misra, A. Banerjee, R.N. Davé, and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 45, 610-623 (2005).

"Conformational Analysis of Methylphenidate: Comparison of Molecular Orbital and Molecular Mechanics Methods", K.M. Gilbert, W.J. Skawinski, M. Misra, K.A. Paris, N.H. Naik, R.A. Buono, H.M. Deutsch, and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 18, 719-738 (2004).

"A Molecular Orbital Study of Tambjamine E", W.J. Skawinski, T.J. Venanzi, and C.A. Venanzi, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108, 4542-4550 (2004).