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Robert A. Wiley

Education
  • B.S., Pharmacy, University of Michigan, 1955

  • Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1962

Professional Experience
University of Kansas, Faculty, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 1962-1984
University of Kansas, Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy, 1983-1984

University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Dean, 1984-1991

University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Professor, 1991-
Research

Professor Wiley has published about 45 papers dealing with synthesis of potential drugs and chemical mechanisms in toxicology. His current research interests include design of inhibitors of enzymes of cardiovascular significance, particularly endothelin converting enzyme, and the role of platelet activating factor and its analogues in blood pressure control and blood platelet activation.

Representative Publications

R.A. Wiley and D.H. Rich, "Protein Processing Enzymes," chapter in Peptidomimetics, D.H. Rich and H. Kessler, eds., Weinheim, VCH, 1995: in press.

R.A. Wiley and D.H. Rich, "Peptidomimetics Derived from Natural Products," Med. Res. Revs., 13, 1993: 327-384.

P. Zenk, R. Brinkman, L. Gammal, V. Penka, J. Bresnahan, R. Wiley, and G. Traiger, "Toxicity of Alkyldihydrofurans to Metabolically Active Organs in the Mouse," Toxicology, 61, 1990: 47-57.

Michael H. Marx, Robert A. Wiley, D.G. Satchell, and M. Helen Maguire, "Darmstoff Analogues.3. Actions of Choline Esters of Acetal Phosphatidic Acids on Visceral Smooth Muscle," J. Med. Chem., 32, 1989: 1319-1322.

N. Narashiman, Paul E. Weller, John A. Buben, Robert A. Wiley, and Robert P. Hanzlik, "Microsomal Metabolism and Covalent Binding of [3H/14C]-bromobenzene. Evidence for Quinones as Reactive Metabolites," Xenobiotica, 18(5), 1988: 491-499.
M.H. Marx, and R.A. Wiley, "Synthesis of Platelet Activating Actor (PAF) via a Cyclic Tin Intermediate," Tetrahedron Lett. 1985: 1379.
B.S. Ross, and R.A. Wiley, "Tetracyclic Pyridazines as Potential Psychopharmacological Agents," J. Med. Chem., 28, 1985: 870.

 

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College of Pharmacy
115 S. Grand Avenue Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(319) 335-8794

Copyright © The University of Iowa. All rights reserved.