The Berry Team
The research team at Berry & Associates is comprised of dedicated, professional chemists who together possess a diverse background from both academic and industrial settings. Our credentials include over 400 publications and 80 patents in synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry. This synthetic expertise allows us to provide solutions for your chemical challenges in all areas of nucleoside, nucleotide, nucleic acid, carbohydrate, and heterocyclic chemistry.
Recent additions to the Berry team include:
Dr. William H. Pearson, who joined the company in 2003 as Vice President for Research and Development after nearly twenty years as a Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. During his tenure at Michigan, Dr. Pearson led a well-funded and productive research group in the area of synthetic heterocyclic chemistry, publishing over 120 papers, books, and patents. His work has been recognized by several awards, including most recently the 2003 AC Cope Scholar Award, given by the American Chemical Society.
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Dr. John C. Hodges, who joined the company in March, 2005 as Vice President of Chemistry after 22 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Hodges has held a variety of both research and management positions at Warner-Lambert’s Parke-Davis Research facility in Ann Arbor, MI where over the years he was Director of Exploratory Chemistry, Sr. Director of Combinatorial Chemistry, and Sr. Director of Cardiovascular and Inflammation Chemistry. Following the merger with Pfizer, he directed a multi-million dollar research collaboration between Pfizer and Discovery Partners International. Dr. Hodges has published over 50 papers and 30 patents that span a broad range of topics in medicinal and organic chemistry. He is best known to organic and combinatorial chemists for his pioneering work in the area of polymer-supported scavengers for simple and rapid separation of excess reactants from desired reaction products. In his spare time, Dr. Hodges is a member of the Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Foundation, which organizes a highly renowned annual scientific conference.
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