Laszlo Prokai  

Biological Chemistry
Adjunct Professor

            Phone:
      817-735-2206

             FAX:
      817-735-2118

            E-mail:
  lprokai@hsc.unt.edu   

            Office:
    

M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Radiochemical Technology), University of Veszprem, Hungary (1980)

Ph.D. Radiochemistry (Summa Cum Laude), University of Veszprem, Hungary (1983)

Postdoctoral Fellow:  Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (1987-89)

Dr. Prokai is Robert A. Welch Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

Research interests: 

Neuropeptide- and neuropeptidase-based drug discovery;   Drug metabolism;   Molecular mechanisms of estrogen neuroprotection;   Molecular pharmacology of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, dynorphins and neuropeptide FF;   Free-radical chemistry in biology/medicine;   Enzyme-based ocular drug targeting;   Combinatorial chemistry;  Computational (bio)chemistry/(Q)SAR;   Bioanalytical and macromolecular mass spectrometry;  Proteomics.

Contact and other information:

Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699

Office:  RES 466

Phone:  817-735-2206             FAX:  817-735-2118

E-mail:  lprokai@hsc.unt.edu

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