{"id":19231,"date":"2018-04-06T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T21:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sop.washington.edu\/?p=19231"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:23:40","slug":"kent-kunze-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/kent-kunze-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Medchem Chair Kent Kunze Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14533\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"figure figure-caption wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14533\" src=\"https:\/\/sop.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-375x473.jpg 375w, https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710-750x946.jpg 750w, https:\/\/staff.washington.edu\/twentzel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/kunze_kent-e1523051290710.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dr. Kent Kunze<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s bittersweet to announce that our long-time colleague, Dr. Kent Kunze, has stepped down as Departmental Chair and retired from the faculty.\u00a0 Kent has been a valued member of the faculty since 1990, and for the past 4 years he has served as &#8216;the Chair.&#8217;\u00a0 During his time on the faculty, Kent played a critical role in the research activities that further strengthened our &#8216;brand&#8217; in drug interactions and mechanistic drug metabolism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19232\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"figure figure-caption wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19232\" src=\"https:\/\/sop.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kunze_skiing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"174\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Iceman Ski-eth<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kent has continued to be a resource for all seeking expertise in Cytochrome P450 enzymology and inhibition.\u00a0 Most recently, Kent provided leadership and vision that helped to launch new research initiatives of our younger faculty.\u00a0 Kent says that the near future includes some golf, sailing, and hiking. We wish him a happy retirement and say a heartfelt &#8216;thanks&#8217; for being an important part of our village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s bittersweet to announce that our long-time colleague, Dr. Kent Kunze, has stepped down as Departmental Chair and retired from the faculty.\u00a0 Kent has been a valued member of the faculty since 1990, and for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medchem-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medchem Chair Kent Kunze Retires - 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