Dr. Kallan's doctoral training is in synthetic organic chemistry, and prior to coming to Regis, he worked for nine years as a medicinal chemist in the drug discovery group for a biotech company. His industry experience focused mostly on the discovery of new, small molecule drug candidates for cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Kallan has been teaching at Regis for ten years, and he is passionate about chemistry teaching and learning, as well as conducting mentored research with undergraduate students. His teaching experience includes non-major courses, such as Chemistry for Health Sciences, as well as General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Advanced Organic Synthesis courses. Dr. Kallan also helped to develop and teach the Senior Chemistry Seminar course, which is a communication-intensive capstone course that integrates aspects of chemistry and social justice. Issues of justice permeate society, especially in science, and he wants to cultivate an awareness of these issues with our students.
Dr. Kallan also conducts mentored research with undergraduate students. His research interests include the generation of new organic synthesis methodologies, synthesis of molecules for validation of biological targets, and utilization of medicinal chemistry principles to modify structures of biologically active molecules to probe pharmacological effects. To date, Dr. Kallan has mentored more than ten research students, most of whom have gone on to graduate or professional school.
