Shelley Hooks
Associate Professor
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Interim Director, UGA Center for Drug Discovery

BS Biochemistry, Clemson University 1996
​PhD Biochemistry, University of Virginia 2001
Post-doctoral fellow, Pharmacology,University of North Carolina 2001-2004

Graduate Students

Faris Almutari
​3rd year PhD student
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Menbere Wendibu
2nd Year PhD Student
Pooja Mohanty
2nd Year MS student
Priyanka Kota
2nd Year MS student

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Ben Jackwood
2nd Year MS student

Undergraduate Students

Vitoria Kuzolitz
4th Year BS Student
Parth Patel
4th Year BS Student
Ashley Huggins
1st Year BS Student

Life outside of Lab

Hooks lab alumni

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Jillian Hurst
PhD 2009
Current position: Editor at Journal of Clinical Investigations
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Phillip Callihan
PhD 2012
Current Position: OB/GYN Resident, San Diego

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Mourad Ali
PhD 2013
Current Position: Post-doc, University of Virginia
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(Captain) Hector  Salazar
​BS, 2014
​Current Position: Research Assistant, Emory University School Medicine
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Vitoria Nelson
MS, 2016
Current Position: Science Teacher, National Cathedral School
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Mohammed Alqinyah
​PhD 2018
alqinyah@uga.edu
Xiaoya Chen, MS 2008