Research Team & Contributing Scientists
Our peptide research profiles are authored and reviewed by credentialed researchers with expertise in biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and related fields. Below are the scientists whose peer-reviewed work is cited in our research content.
Article Authors
Primary authors of our comprehensive peptide research profiles.
Dr. Allan L. Goldstein
2 peptides
Allan L. Goldstein, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at George Washington University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecul...
Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff
2 peptides
Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT, USA) and Di...
Dr. Frank M. Ng
1 peptide
Dr. Frank M. Ng, Ph.D., is an Emeritus Research Fellow at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash U...
Dr. Gudmundur Hrafn Gudmundsson
1 peptide
Gudmundur Hrafn Gudmundsson is a Professor at the University of Iceland and Karolinska Institutet (Sweden). He played a ...
Dr. James M. Lipton
1 peptide
James M. Lipton, PhD, is a pioneering researcher affiliated with Zengen Inc. and the University of Texas. Lipton is the ...
Dr. Loren Pickart, PhD (1938–2023)
1 peptide
Loren Pickart, PhD, was a biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the discoverer of GHK-Cu...
Dr. Michael Brines
1 peptide
Michael Brines, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist and co-founder of Araim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, NY). A graduate...
Dr. Michael O. Thorner
1 peptide
Michael O. Thorner, MB, BS, DSc, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He led the Geref International Stu...
Dr. Nikolay F. Myasoedov
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Nikolay F. Myasoedov is affiliated with the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Nation...
Dr. Pinchas Cohen, MD
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Pinchas Cohen, MD, is Dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and co-founder of CohBar, Inc. He led the init...
Dr. Predrag Sikiric
1 peptide
Predrag Sikiric, MD, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Cr...
Dr. Sami I. Said
1 peptide
Sami I. Said, MD, is the co-discoverer of VIP, originally isolating the peptide from porcine intestine in 1970 at the Me...
Dr. Stanley J. Watowich
1 peptide
Stanley J. Watowich, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University...
Dr. Steven K. Grinspoon
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Steven K. Grinspoon, MD, is Professor of research compound at Harvard Medical School and leads the Program in Nutritiona...
Dr. Victor J. Hruby, PhD
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Victor J. Hruby, PhD, is a Regents Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizon...
Helmut Sies, MD
1 peptide
Helmut Sies, MD, is a pioneering biochemist who formulated the concept of "oxidative stress" and is recognized as a "Red...
Kirsten Raun
1 peptide
Kirsten Raun is a researcher at Novo Nordisk (Health Care Discovery, Department of GH Biology). Raun was the lead resear...
Lucie Jetté, PhD
1 peptide
Lucie Jetté, PhD, was a lead researcher at ConjuChem Biotechnologies Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the company that developed...
Marcel Monnier, M.D.
1 peptide
Marcel Monnier was a physiologist at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a pioneer in demonstrating the humoral tr...
Peter L.J. de Keizer
1 peptide
Peter L.J. de Keizer, PhD, is the primary inventor of FOXO4-DRI and founder of Cleara Biotech B.V. in Utrecht, Netherlan...
Prof. David A. Sinclair
1 peptide
David A. Sinclair, PhD, is Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center f...
Prof. Vincent du Vigneaud
1 peptide
Vincent du Vigneaud was an American biochemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955. He identified the amino aci...
Prof. Vladimir Khavinson, M.D., Ph.D.
1 peptide
Prof. Vladimir Khavinson is the Director of the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, a Member of t...
Prof. Waljit S. Dhillo
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Waljit S. Dhillo, BSc MBBS PhD, is Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Imperial College London, Department of I...
Tamer Coskun, MD, PhD
1 peptide
Tamer Coskun, MD, PhD, is a senior researcher at Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis, IN, USA) and a key figure in the d...
Thomas Kruse
1 peptide
Thomas Kruse is a lead scientist at Novo Nordisk A/S in Måløv, Denmark. He played a central role in the chemical develop...
Scientific Journal Authors
Published researchers whose journal articles inform our research reviews.
Academician Igor P. Ashmarin
1 peptide
Igor P. Ashmarin was an Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, affiliated with the Department of Human ...
Alton Meister, PhD
1 peptide
Alton Meister, PhD, was a distinguished biochemist and professor who was instrumental in the surge of glutathione resear...
Dr. Albert Dahan
1 peptide
Albert Dahan, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands. Dr....
Dr. Andrew V. Schally
1 peptide
Andrew V. Schally, PhD, is a Nobel Prize laureate (1977) and Distinguished Medical Research Scientist at the VA Medical ...
Dr. Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Ph.D.
1 peptide
Dr. Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld is a Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma Center...
Dr. Birgitta Agerberth, PhD
1 peptide
Birgitta Agerberth, PhD, is a key researcher at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) who was instrumental in the original isol...
Dr. Changhan David Lee, PhD
1 peptide
Changhan David Lee, PhD, is a Professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He was the lead author on the se...
Dr. Didier Merlin
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Didier Merlin, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases at Emory University Sc...
Dr. Enrico Garaci
1 peptide
Enrico Garaci, MD, is affiliated with the University San Raffaele Roma and the Istituto Superiore di Sanita. He pioneere...
Dr. François-Xavier Maquart
1 peptide
François-Xavier Maquart is a researcher/professor at the Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of ...
Dr. Harshini Neelakantan
1 peptide
Harshini Neelakantan, PhD, served as lead scientist at UTMB and is now Executive Director of R&D at Ridgeline Therapeuti...
Dr. Hynda K. Kleinman
1 peptide
Hynda K. Kleinman, Ph.D., is affiliated with George Washington University (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biol...
Dr. Juan P. Frías
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Juan P. Frías, MD, is a principal investigator at Velocity Clinical Research in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Frías has been a le...
Dr. Julian Falutz
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Julian Falutz, MD, is affiliated with the Montreal General Hospital and McGill University Health Centre. He serves as le...
Dr. Larisa G. Kolik
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Larisa G. Kolik is a researcher at the V.V. Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Medical Scien...
Dr. Mac E. Hadley, PhD
1 peptide
Mac E. Hadley, PhD (deceased), was a Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy at the University of Arizona. He collaborated o...
Dr. Mario Delgado
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Mario Delgado, PhD, is based at the Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra (IPBLN), CSIC, Spain. He extens...
Dr. Shin-ichiro Imai
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Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD, is at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Imai formulated the 'NAD World' conceptua...
Dr. Stephanie B. Seminara
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Stephanie B. Seminara, MD, is affiliated with the Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts Gen...
Dr. Sven Seiwerth
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Sven Seiwerth, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croati...
Guido A. Schoenenberger, M.D.
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Guido A. Schoenenberger was a biochemist at the University of Basel, Switzerland (Research Division, Department of Surge...
Lawrence A. Frohman, MD
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Lawrence A. Frohman, MD (1935–2018), was a distinguished neuro-endocrinologist and one of the foremost authorities on gr...
Prof. Larry J. Young
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Larry J. Young, PhD, directs the Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition at Emory University and the Ce...
Prof. Vladimir N. Anisimov, M.D., Ph.D.
1 peptide
Prof. Vladimir N. Anisimov is a researcher at the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology (St. Petersburg, Russia). H...
Stier Heike
1 peptide
Stier Heike, Ph.D., studied biology at the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany) and earned her doctoral degree i...
Tobias Madl, PhD
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Tobias Madl, PhD, is a structural biologist at the Medical University of Graz (Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemi...
W. Timothy Garvey, MD
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W. Timothy Garvey, MD is a professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham....
Contributing Researchers
Additional scientists whose work contributes to our research database.
Abba J. Kastin, M.D.
1 peptide
Abba J. Kastin was a physician at the Veterans Administration Medical Center and Tulane University School of Medicine (N...
Anat Ben-Shlomo, MD
1 peptide
Anat Ben-Shlomo, MD, is an endocrinologist and researcher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) and a...
David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD
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David C.W. Lau, MD, PhD is based at the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of A...
Dr. Anna Catania
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Anna Catania, MD, is affiliated with the Division of Internal Medicine at IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Italy, and is...
Dr. Anna Margolina, PhD
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Anna Margolina, PhD, worked in the Research & Development Department of Skin Biology, Inc. A long-time collaborator with...
Dr. Charles Brenner
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Charles Brenner, PhD, holds the Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Chair in Diabetes and Cancer Metabolism at City of Hope...
Dr. Chung-Hsun Chang
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Chung-Hsun Chang, PhD, is affiliated with the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chan...
Dr. Danny R. Welch
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Danny R. Welch, PhD, is affiliated with the University of Kansas Comprehensive Cancer Center (previously University of A...
Dr. Gabriel Sosne
1 peptide
Gabriel Sosne, M.D., is affiliated with Wayne State University (Kresge Eye Institute). Dr. Sosne has extensively studied...
Dr. Kelvin Yen, PhD
1 peptide
Kelvin Yen, PhD, is a researcher at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He collaborates extensively with the Co...
Dr. Luigina Romani
1 peptide
Luigina Romani, MD, PhD, is Professor at the University of Perugia, Italy. She uncovered the critical TLR9-mediated IDO1...
Dr. Lyudmila V. Dergunova
1 peptide
Lyudmila V. Dergunova is affiliated with the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Natio...
Dr. Richard F. Walker
1 peptide
Richard F. Walker, PhD, is affiliated with the International Society for Applied Research in Aging (SARA) and serves as ...
Dr. Richard L. Gallo, MD, PhD
1 peptide
Richard L. Gallo, MD, PhD, is a Professor at the University of California, San Diego, Division of Dermatology. His resea...
Dr. Robert T. Dorr, PhD
1 peptide
Robert T. Dorr, PhD (deceased), was a Professor in the College of Medicine (Pharmacology Department) at the University o...
Dr. Takara L. Stanley
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Takara L. Stanley, MD, is at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She has conducted extensive rese...
Dr. Thomas R. Insel
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Thomas R. Insel, MD, conducted seminal research beginning in the late 1980s establishing oxytocin's role in social cogni...
Dr. Timur A. Kolomin
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Timur A. Kolomin is affiliated with the Department of Molecular Basis of Human Genetics at the Institute of Molecular Ge...
Guihua Liu, MD/PhD
1 peptide
Guihua Liu, MD/PhD, is affiliated with The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Department of Andrology)...
Julio Rosenstock, MD
1 peptide
Julio Rosenstock, MD, is a clinical researcher affiliated with Velocity Clinical Research at Medical City (Dallas, TX, U...
Laurie K. Mischley, ND, PhD
1 peptide
Laurie K. Mischley, ND, PhD, is a neuroscience researcher and clinician-scientist who has led the most advanced clinical...
Peter B. Johansen
1 peptide
Peter B. Johansen is a researcher at Novo Nordisk (Department of Pharmacological Research). Johansen's research focused ...
Prof. Natalia S. Linkova
1 peptide
Prof. Natalia S. Linkova is a Doctor of Biological Sciences at the St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Geronto...
The scientists listed above are being referenced as leading researchers involved in the research and development of the peptides they are associated with. In no way are these doctors/scientists endorsing or advocating the purchase, sale, or use of any product for any reason. There is no affiliation or relationship, implied or otherwise, between Pure U.S. Peptides and these researchers. The purpose of citing these researchers is to acknowledge, recognize, and credit the exhaustive research and development efforts conducted by scientists studying these peptides.
