Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Brazil Initiative

Wolfgang Peti

Associate Professor of Medical Science and Chemistry
Director, Structural Biology Core Facility
ADA Pathway Fellow
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Department of Chemistry

Wolfgang Peti is a leader in the field of structural biology of protein phosphatases and their role in diabetes, cancer and neurological diseases. He has strong educational ties with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, where he is involved in training graduate students and postdocs as well as mentoring of faculty.