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Robert Macgregor

Professor

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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  • Professor
    Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
  • 416-978-7332 (Work)
  • 416-978-8511
  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, 144 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3M2, Canada

BIO

Dr Robert Macgregor is a professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois and his post doctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Dr. Macgregor is a leader in the field of using hydrostatic pressure to study biological structures.

Dr. Macgregor focuses on studying the non-covalent forces that stabilize biological molecules such as proteins and DNA, specifically the role that water plays in stabilizing these structures. His lab uses hydrostatic pressure and a range of spectroscopic techniques to investigate how water interacts with the physical forces that lead to these structures.

Dr. Macgregor has published numerous journal articles in his field and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Astra-Pharma-AFPC New Investigator Award and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada2008 - present
  • Visiting Professor
    University of Freiburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften, Freiburg, GermanyJan 2019 - Jul 2019
  • Director
    University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toronto, Canada2015 - 2020
  • Director Biomolecular Sciences Division
    University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada2012 - 2015
  • Director
    University of Toronto, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Specialist Program, Toronto, Canada2003 - 2019
  • Visiting Professor
    Seoul National University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul, South Korea2013 - 2014
  • Associate Dean, Research
    University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada2005 - 2010
  • Chair
    University of Toronto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toronto, Canada1998 - 2005
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada1998 - 2008
  • Co-ordinator of Graduate Studies
    University of Toronto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toronto, Canada1996 - 1998
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy, Toronto, Canada1993 - 1998
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Medicinal Chemistry, Chicago, United States1991 - 1993

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Principal Investigator
    AT&T Bell Laboratories, Biophysics Research Department, United States1986 - 1990

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Biochemistry
    University of Illinois at Urbana, Urbana, United States1983
  • B.Sc., Biochemistry
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States1977

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow
    Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Göttingen, Germany1983 - 1986

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Media enquiries

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