Kenda LJ Evans, PhD profile page

Kenda received her Ph.D. from The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in the field of Pharmacology with a focus on the signal transduction pathway for the Serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) receptor. Kenda’s post-doctoral work occurred at the University of Houston School of Pharmacy where she studied the effects of inverse agonists and antagonists on Beta receptors in both respiratory and cardiovascular models. Kenda then joined Encysive Pharmaceuticals where she was the lead for the high throughput screening team as well as project manager for target drugs. Following this, Kenda joined PerkinElmer as a high throughput screening Field Application Scientist. For more than thirteen years now, Kenda has been a part of the Automation Team at Agilent and is currently in the role of Automation Workflow Specialist where she is helping researchers find the right solution for their automation needs and working to enable more fully applicated workflows.