Spotlight on Jonathan Sheng, PhD
By Brent Davis
Dr. Jonathan Sheng has been on the faculty of the School of Pharmacy since 2020 and is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His bachelor’s degree was in Medicine from Kunming Medical University, China. Kunming was the home of the Flying Tigers in World War II, and their story is truly amazing—like Dr. Sheng’s. According to his faculty biography:
Dr. Jonathan Sheng received his Ph.D. training in Environmental Sciences and Toxicology at State University of New York at Albany and his post-doctoral training in Medicinal Chemistry/Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Iowa. He currently is a regular member of American Chemical Society (ACS), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), and International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX).
Dr. Sheng’s research interests and expertise are in the areas of drug and xenobiotic metabolism, drug analysis (both small molecules and biological molecules), enzymology (P450s and cytosolic sulfotransferases), protein chemistry (protein structure/function, molecular mobility, subcellular localization, and stereochemistry), transgenic animal model development, and drug/environmental chemical-protein interaction studies.
Dr. Sheng loves teaching at AUHS because we have intelligent, motivated, and diverse students. He plans to continue teaching and researching for many years. Consequently, we are very pleased to shine this month’s Spotlight on one of our amazing pharmacy professors, Jonathan Sheng, PhD.