Dr. Stanley Buczynski
Post-Doc
Chimie ParisTech
PSL University
CNRS
Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences
Laboratory for Inorganic Chemical Biology
+33 1 44 27 56 04
stanley.buczynski@chimieparistech.psl.eu
Stanley is from South Bend, Indiana. He attended Purdue University to graduate with a Chemistry Honors Bachelor of Science and then went to the University of California, San Diego where he completed his masters in the lab of Dr. Fleur Ferguson focusing on making novel PROTACs for neurodegenerative diseases. Afterward he stayed in San Diego to complete his Doctorate in the lab of Dr. Matthew Banghart where he made photopharmacological probes that helped elucidate complex temporal dynamics in the brain with poorly understood sites of action. Now, Stanley continues his professional career working with Dr. Maxime Klausen on developing compounds that utilize the selectivity and time locked control of photopharmacology for pancreatic oncology therapies. Stanley loves to explore the unfamiliar and hopes to travel to many destinations across Europe and Africa. In his daily spare time, Stanley enjoys reading, listening to music (sometimes djing), taking walks in parks, and playing board games.
Awards
June 2023: NIH Brain Initiative Grant RF1 NS126073 Supplement Award
August 2020: ACS Bridge Fellowship
Publications
[4] Buczynski, S; Chang-Weinberg, J; Li, A; Banghart, M. Photocaged Noradrenaline for Applications in Neurobiology. ACS Chemical Biology. June 2025.
[3] Lubejko, S; Livrizzi, G; Buczynski, S; Patel, J; Yung, J; Yaksh, T; Banghart, M. Inputs to the locus coeruleus from the periaqueductal gray and rostroventral medulla shape opioid-mediated descending pain modulation. Science Advances. April 2024.
[2] Layden, A; Ma, X; Johnson, C; He, X; Buczynski, S; Banghart, M. A Biomimetic C-terminal Extension Strategy for Photocaging Amidated Neuropeptides. JACS. August 2023.
[1] Tao, A; Gadbois, G; Buczynski, S; Ferguson, F. Targeted protein degradation: Emerging concepts and protein state-specific targeting principles. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. April 2022