Michael (Mic) Lajiness
Adjunct Professor of Informatics
- Phone
- (317) 788-1703
Other Titles
- Principal Research Scientist, Eli Lilly & Company
Biography
Mic Lajiness is a Principal Research Scientist in the Computer Aided Drug Discovery group at Eli Lilly. His interests are in developing and applying novel methodologies to understand and exploit the relationship between molecular structure and biological activity as well as developing broad-based informatics systems to facilitate Drug Discovery. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years. His work in the interface between mathematics, computer science, statistics, and chemistry partially led to the development of cheminformatics as a field. In particular, Mic’s work in the area of Molecular Diversity and Similarity became known and respected throughout the world. In addition, his pioneering efforts in the design and implementation of integrated chemical and biological information management systems was highly regarded at both Pharmacia and Eli Lilly. Cousin (later called ChemLink) was one of the first such proprietary systems and was developed internally at Upjohn in collaboration with T. Hagadone. At Eli Lilly, Mic led the development and application of Mobius that is widely loved and used by over 1,500 scientists.
In recognition of his impact, Mic was awarded the prestigious Upjohn Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the area of cheminformatics; and the Eli Lilly Presidents Award for the development of the Mobius System.
Mic has authored more than 20 scientific papers and chapters and has given numerous presentations at universities and at national and international meetings in the above scientific areas. He also serves on a number of scientific advisory and editorial boards.
