About the Seminar:

Title:

Developing switchable electrophiles as covalent inhibitors of DDAH, a nitric oxide regulating enzyme

About the Speaker:

Education:

1994 – 1998 Ph.D. Biological Sciences; Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)

1992 – 1993 Graduate Studies; Biochemistry; Brandeis University (Waltham MA)

1988 – 1992 B.S. Chemistry; Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)

Professional Appointments:

2016 – present Division Head, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry

2016 – present Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry

2008 – 2016 Associate Professor (Tenured), The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry

2002 – 2008 Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Division of Medicinal Chemistry

2002 – Present Graduate Studies Committee, Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, Austin, Research Tracks: Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery; Biomolecular Structure and Function

1998 – 2002 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)

Honors and Awards:

2015 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Research Fellow

2014 Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Co-enzymes and Metabolic Pathways

2013 Co-Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Co-enzymes and Metabolic Pathways

2008 Texas Exes Teaching Award, Pharmacy

2002 – 2004 NIH/NIAID Research Scholar Development Award

2000 – 2002 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship

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