Professional Experience & Awards
Dr. Liotta’s professional efforts and recognition
Chair, Advisory Committee, Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE)/Emory institute of Drug Development(EIDD), 2022-present
Member, Strategic Advisory Board, VIC Technology Venture Development, 2021-present
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisor Board, Altesa Biosciences, 2021-present
Member, Scientific Advisor Board, Avicenna Biosciences, 2020-present
Founder, AgriThera, 2020
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Raydus Research, 2020-present
Medical Research Future Fund International Scientific Peer Review Panel, Singapore, 2019
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Fuzionaire Diagnostics, 2018-present
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, PanXome, 2018
College Pharmacy’s Research Day Keynote, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, 2016
Keynote Speaker, European Workshop on Drug Synthesis, University of Siena, Italy, 2016 president’s Distinguished Alumni Medal, CUNY, New York, NY, 2016
The S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series in Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 2015
Distinguished Speaker, The Center for the Discovery of New Medicines, The University of Michigan, 2014
Founder and Advisor, Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE), 2013-2022
Emory University Senate Lecture Series Panel, 2013
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2013
Editor-in-Chief, Medicinal Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society, 2010-present
Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2010-present
Member, Biological Chemistry and Macromolecular Biophysics (BCMB) Study Section, The National Institutes of Health, 2010
Executive Director, Emory Institute for Drug Development (EIDD), 2009-2022
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Altiris Therapeutics, 2008-present
Member, Board of Directors Achillion Pharmaceuticals 2008-2015
Member, Scientific Advisory Board University of Pittsburgh Center for Chemical Methodologies & Library Development 2007-Present
Emory University Senate Lecture Series Panel, 2013
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Cerecor Inc, 2011-present
Member, Biological Chemistry and Macromolecular Biophysics (BCMB) Study Section, The National Institutes of Health, 2010
Member, Board of Directors, Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures 2006-2013
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, MetaStatix, Inc., 2005-2008
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Chimerix, Inc 2003-2009
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, iThemba Pharmaceuticals, 2001-2014
Member, Board of Directors, F.O.B. Synthesis, Inc., 2001-present
Member, Executive Committee, Molecular and Systems Pharmacology Graduate Program, 2001-2007
Co-Director, Knowledge Transfer, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, 1999-2001
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, 1998-2003
Member, External Advisory Committee, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Center for AIDS Research, 1996-2001
Vice President for Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 1996-2000
Member, AIDS and Related Research Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1995-1997; Chair 1997-1998
Member, Drug Discovery Study Section, The American Cancer Society, 1995-2006
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Triangle Pharmaceuticals, 1995-1998
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, AtheroGenics, 1995-2007
Editor (with V. Cornel), Recent Reviews, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995-1999
Consultant, Boehringer Ingelheim, 1994-2000
Director, Molecular Therapeutics Program, Winship Cancer Center, 1994-2000
Ad Hoc Member, Personnel C Advisory Panel, The American Cancer Society, 1993-1994
Consultant, BioMega (Montreal), 1993-1997
Ad Hoc Member, Bioorganic and Natural Products Study Section, The National Institutes of Health, 1992
Consultant, Burroughs Wellcome (Glaxo Wellcome), 1992-1996
Member of the Board of Editors, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley-Interscience, 1992-1997
Consultant, The Wellcome Research Foundation Ltd. (United Kingdom), 1991-1993
Consultant, Glaxo Group Ltd. (United Kingdom), 1991-1993
Editor (with M. Volmer), Organic Syntheses Reaction Guide, Wiley-Interscience, 1991
Member, Executive Committee, Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1990-1992; Secretary-Treasurer, 1994-1997
Editor, Advances in Molecular Modeling, Vol. 1, 2, and 3, JAI Press, 1988, 1990, 1995
Ad Hoc Member, Medicinal Chemistry Study Section, The National Institutes of Health, 1988, 1994
Chairman, Georgia Section, American Chemical Society, 1988
Instructor, American Chemical Society Short Course on Molecular Modeling, Athens, G.A., 1988-2000
Editor, Tetrahedron “Symposium in Print”- “Recent Aspects of Organoselenium”
Chair, Symposium on Molecular Modeling, Molecular Design, Ltd., Murray Hill, NJ, 1989
Chair, Symposium on Molecular Modeling, SERMACS 88, Atlanta, GA 1988
Chair, Gordon Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, 1988
Editor, “Organoselenium Chemistry, “Wiley- Interscience, 1987
Co-Chair, The Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis Symposia, 1986-2000
Consultant, R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, 1985-2000
Co-Chair, Gulf Coast Chemistry Conference, 1981-2007
Co- Chair, National Science Foundation Workshop on Reactive Intermediates, 1980-1983
Member, Pharmaceutical & Chemical Biology Department, 2022-present
Member, Faculty Recruiting and Development Committee, 2021-present
Member, Chemistry Department Operations Committee, 2017-2020
Chair, Innovate at Emory Working Group, 2016-present
Member, Chemistry Department Outreach Committee, 2012-2015
Member, Center for AIDS Research Program Council, 2010-present
Member, Emory College of Arts & Science Dean Search Committee, 2009-2010
Member, Hightower Awards Committee, 2009
Member, Global Health Institute Internal Advisory Committee, 2006-2010
Associate Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research, 2005-present
Member, Development and University Relations Faculty Council, 2005
Chair, Faculty Science Council, 2004-present
Member, College Governance Committee, 2004
Director, Developmental Core, Emory Center for AIDS Research, 2001-present
Executive Committee, MSP, DGBBS 2001-2004
Co-Director, Knowledge Transfer, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, 1999-2001
Chair, GMHI-Emory West Executive Committee, 1998
Member, Administrative Council, 1998
Member, President’s Senior Staff, 1996-1998
Member, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Advisory Committee, 1996
Member, Trustees Executive Committee, 1996
Member, Provosts’ Staff, 1996
Associate V. P. for Institutional Advancement Search Committee, 1995
Structural Biology Eminent Scholar Search Committee (Biochemistry Dept.), 1994-1997
Graduate Dean Search Committee, 1994-1995
Director, Molecular Therapeutics Program, Winship Cancer Center, 1994
Chair, Chemistry Department, 1993-1996
Academic Computing Advisory Committee, 1992-1996
Chemistry Department Undergraduate Education Committee, 1990-1996
Chair, Chemistry Department Computer Committee, 1990-1993
University Research Committee, 1990-1993
Emory / Georgia Tech Joint Ph. D. Committee, 1990-1993
Responsibility in Research Task Force, 1990-1992
Chair, Chemistry Department Faculty Search Committee, 1990-1991
Emory College Dean Search Committee, 1990-1991
College Nominating Committee, 1990, 1992
College Enrollment Committee, 1989 -1990
University Patent and Copyright Committee, 1988-1990
Emory Graduate Dean Search Committee, 1988-1989
Policy and Procedure Subcommittee, Graduate Executive Committee, 1986-1987
Committee on Evaluation of Teaching, 1985-1986
Grievance Subcommittee, Graduate Executive Committee, 1985-1986
Graduate Executive Committee, 1983-1987; 1990-1992
Director of Graduate Studies, 1983-1987
Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Advisory Committee, 1982-1986
Arts and Sciences Computer Advisory Committee, 1982-1986
College / Dental School Cooperative Committee, 1982-1984
Stipe Society Award Selection Committee, 1982-1984
Graduate Student Teaching Award Committee, 1982-1984
Winston Churchill Scholarship Committee, 1982-1983
3-2 Cooperative Engineering Program Committee, 1982-1983
College Curriculum Committee, 1981-1984
Chair, Graduate Recruitment Committee, 1977-1987
Faculty Advisor to Undergraduates, 1977-present