Rate My Professor Igor Roninson

Igor B. Roninson, Ph.D., serves as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, following his retirement in 2026. A native of Moscow who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982. Prior to joining the University of South Carolina in 2011, Roninson was Director of the Cancer Center at the Ordway Research Institute in Albany, N.Y., and held faculty appointments at Albany Medical College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the State University of New York at Albany. Upon his arrival at USC, he was named the SmartState Endowed Chair in Translational Cancer Therapeutics and founding Director of the COBRE Center for Targeted Therapeutics. In this capacity, he spearheaded interdisciplinary research initiatives in targeted therapeutics, mentored numerous scientists, and relocated Senex Biotechnology along with ten researchers to South Carolina. His leadership secured a landmark $11.3 million NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant in 2014, established essential core facilities for microscopy, flow cytometry, functional genomics, and drug discovery, and generated over $3 million in economic impact for the state through NIH Small Business Innovation Research grants, private investments, and licensing fees. These facilities also proved instrumental in addressing statewide needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.