"Cells perform a broad range of functions—including the control of muscle
contraction, the storage of memories, and the mounting of immune
responses—through the collective actions of thousands of proteins.
I'm interested in the roles of the individual proteins in these processes, and I'm devloping tools to gain a systems-level understanding that reveals
the design rules used in biology." |
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Current research interests include; Biomaterials and interfaces, Cell adhesion and migration, Electroactive interfaces, Physical organic chemistry of
interfacial reactions, and Bio-Inspired Nanostructured Materials and Biochips.
Education
1989
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B.S. in Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois |
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1994
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Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California |
Research Experience and Positions
1987-1989
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Undergraduate Research Assistant with Professor Steven C. Zimmerman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois |
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1989-1994
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Graduate Research Assistant with Professor Peter B. Dervan
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California |
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1994-1996
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Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor George M. Whitesides
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| 1996-2000 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago |
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| 1997-2011 |
Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago |
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| 2000-2003 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago |
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| 2001- |
Associate Director, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at Northwestern |
| 2003-2011 |
Professor of Chemistry, The University of Chicago |
| 2005- |
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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| 2011- |
Henry Wade Rodgers Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell and Molecular Biology |
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Honors
| 1989 |
University of Illinois Marvel Undergraduate Research Award |
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| 1990-1993 |
National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award |
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| 1993-1994 |
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Graduate Fellow |
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| 1994-1996 |
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow |
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| 1996-1999 |
Searle Scholar Award |
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| 1996-2001 |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award |
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| 2000 |
Sloan Research Fellow |
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| 2000 |
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
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| 2000 |
Sara Jane Rhoads and Rebecca Raulins Lecturer, University of Wyoming |
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| 2002 |
TR100 Young Innovator Award |
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| 2002 |
R.C. Fuson Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois |
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| 2003 |
ACS Arthur C. Cope Young Scholar Award |
| 2005 |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 2007 |
Murtiashaw Lecture, University of South Carolina |
| 2008 |
Margaret Etter Lecture, Univesity of Minnesota |
| 2013 |
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
Service and Advisory Positions
| 1996- |
DARPA Defense Sciences Research Council (2006-08, Chair) |
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| 1997- |
Editorial Board of Langmuir |
| 1998-2000 |
Scientific Advisory Board of Cellomics |
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| 1999-2007 |
Scientific Advisory Board of ChemoCentryx |
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| 1999-2005 |
Scientific Advisory Board of Surface Logix |
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| 2000 |
WTEC Panel for International Evaluation of Tissue Engineering Programs |
| 2000- |
Editorial Board of E-Biomed: The Journal of Regeneartive Medicine |
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| 2001 |
Extramural Chair for NIH/BECON Symposium on Biosensors |
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| 2002- |
National Institutes of Health EBT Study Section (2005-07, Chair) |
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| 2002 |
International Panel for Review of Materials Research in United Kingdom |
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| 2002 |
WTEC Panel for International Evaluation of Biosensor Programs |
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| 2002-2005 |
Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Inc. |
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| 2002-2003 |
Science and Technology Advisory Committee for Argonne National Laboratory |
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| 2003-2008 |
Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory |
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| 2003-2008 |
Scientific Advisory Board of Helicos |
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| 2004- |
Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience |
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| 2004- |
Editorial Board of Chemistry & Biology |
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| 2004- |
Advisory Board of the Searle Scholars Program(2007-Present, Chair) |
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| 2004- |
Editorial Advisory Board of Chemical Society Reviews |
| 2005- |
Founder and Scientific Advisory Board of WMR Biomedical Inc. |
| 2007- |
Sceintific Advisory Board of NanoInk, Inc. |
| 2008- |
Editorial Board of Small |
| 2011- |
Editorial Board of Disruptive Science and Technology |
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