About
Karrie Smith, Ph.D., is an instructor in the Chemistry & Biochemistry department who focuses on teaching the chemistry in medicine and general chemistry courses. She is a native of northeastern Oklahoma. She earned a B.S. in chemistry from Emory University and a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Kansas, where she investigated psychoactive natural products for their potential therapeutic applications.
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Kansas
- Dissertation: “Investigation of Natural Product Scaffolds for the Development of Opioid Receptor Ligands”
Research interests and areas of expertise
- General chemistry
- Medicinal chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Natural products
- Natural products synthesis
- Pharmacology