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Honors and Other Professional Activities:
Editorial Boards
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 1995-2000
Archiv der Pharmazie- Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry 1995-present
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 1993-2003
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 1988-present
InScight 1999-present
Guest Editor for a Symposium-in-Print in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 1996
Editorial Board of Reviewers for the textbook Biochemistry, Abeles, R. H.; Frey, P. A.; Jencks, W. P.; Jones and Bartlett: Boston 1992
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 2003-present
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2003-present

Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 2003-present

Current Enzyme Inhibition 2004-present

Scientific Advisory Boards
Influx, Inc. 1998-present
Protez Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2004-
SynChem, Inc. 2004-
International Advisory Committees
10th International Amine Oxidase Workshop 8/2002
(Istanbul, Turkey)
XVIIIth International Symposium on
Medicinal Chemistry (Copenhagen, Denmark) 9/2004
National Offices Held
Elected Office: Program Chair, Division of Biological Chemistry, ACS 2001
Member, Long-Range Planning Committee for the Division of Medicinal Chemistry, ACS 1999-2002
Elected Office: Treasurer, Division of Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society 1993-1996
Elected Office: Nominating Committee, Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemical Society 1990
Elected Office: Program Chair, Division of Biological Chemistry, ACS 2001
Member, Canvassing Committee for the American Chemical Society Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry 1982-1987 
Chairman 1986-1987
Member, American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Examination Committee 1986
Member, Long-Range Planning Committee for the Division of Medicinal Chemistry 1999-2002
NIH Advisory Panels
Permanent member, Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry Study Section 1987-1991
NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer for Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Study Section Oct., 2001
NIH Ad hoc Reviewer for Chemistry and Related Sciences Study Section Nov., 1996
NIH Ad hoc Reviewer for Medicinal Chemistry A Study Section (AREA proposals) Nov., 1993 
NIH Special Reviewer for Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry Study Section Feb., 1987
NIH Special Study Sections 12/83; 7/85
NIH Program Project Site Visits and Special Pharmacological Sciences Review Committees:
University of Washington Feb., 1983
University of Kansas June, 1981
National Institutes of General Medical Sciences Advisory Council Sept., 2002
Conference Organizer/Chair
Co-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways 1994
Co-Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways 1993
Organizer of the entire program for the Division of Biological 
Chemistry of the ACS Nat'l Meeting 2001
Organizer and Chair, Symposium on Dual-Acting Drugs, ACS Nat'l Meeting (DC) 2000
Session Chair, 5th Chemical Congress of North America Symposium on NO Synthase Inhibitors 1997
Program Committee, National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium 1996
Organizer and Chairman of the 2nd and 14th Annual Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference, Chicago 1982 & 1994 Organizer and Chairman of the Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry Byron Riegel Lecture Series (Mechanism of Action and Design of Drugs) 1980
Expert Analyst for CHEMTRACTS 1988-1994
Special Lectureships
Plenary Lecturer, 4th Society of Chemical Industry-Royal Society of Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Cambridge, England) Sept., 1987
Plenary Lecturer, 14th Scientific Sessions of the Rhone-Poulenc Society (Lyon, France) Nov., 1991
Pew Lecturer, Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) Apr., 1992
Plenary Lecturer, 20th Anniversary Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute (Strasbourg, France) May, 1993
Peters Lecturer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA) Oct., 1993
Burkett Lecturer, DePauw University (Greencastle, IN) Apr., 1994
Teaching faculty at the Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry, Drew University (Madison, NJ) 1995-present
Plenary Lecturer, VII Meeting on Heterocyclic Structures in Medicinal Chemistry (Mondello, Sicily) May, 1996
Consultantships
Procter and Gamble 1984
Abbott Laboratories 1987
Searle/Monsanto 1988-1990
Leydig, Voit & Mayer Law Offices 1992-present
DowElanco 1993-1995
Searle & Co. 1995
Rohm & Haas 1995
Affymax 1995
Kinetek Pharmaceuticals 1999-
Guilford Pharmaceuticals (Baltimore MD) 2001
ActivX Biosciences (La Jolla, CA) 2001
Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics (now eXegenics) (Dallas, TX) 2001
Hawaii Biotech, Inc. (Aiea, HI) 2003-2006
SynChem, Inc. (Des Plaines, IL) 2003-
Short Courses Given:
"The Organic Chemistry of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions" 
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours 9/91 
Dow Chemical Company 9/91 
American Chemical Society National Meeting (San Francisco) 4/92
Indianapolis Section of the American Chemical Society 12/92
American Chemical Society National Meeting (Chicago) 8/93
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals 11/94
BioChem Pharma, Inc. 4/99
"The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action"
American Chemical Society National Meeting (Anaheim) 4/95
American Chemical Society National Meeting (Chicago) 8/95
Western Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (San Diego) 10/95
American Chemical Society (Somerset, NJ) 11/95
American Chemical Society (New Orleans, LA) 3/96
American Chemical Society (Orlando, FL) 8/96
American Chemical Society (Boston, MA) 12/96
American Chemical Society (San Francisco, CA) 4/97
American Chemical Society (Philadelphia, PA) 4/97
Bayer Pharmaceuticals (West Haven, CT) 5/97
American Chemical Society (Las Vegas, NV) 9/97
American Chemical Society (Dallas, TX) 4/98
Pharmaceutical Ingredients Society (Philadelphia, PA) 5/98
St. Louis Section of ACS 5/98
American Chemical Society (Boston, MA) 8/98
PITTCON (Orlando, FL) 3/99
American Chemical Society (Anaheim, CA) 3/99
Eli Lilly and Co. (Indianapolis, IN) 6/99
Drug Discovery Technology '99 (Boston, MA) 8/99
American Chemical Society (New Orleans, LA) 8/99
WorldPharm '99 (Philadelphia, PA) 10/99
San Francisco (c/o ACS) 12/99
Hoffmann-La Roche (Nutley, NJ) 12/99
Pittcon (New Orleans, LA) 3/00
Bayer (Kyoto, Japan) 3/00
AstraZeneca (St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada) 6/00
Sphinx Pharmaceuticals (Research Triangle Park, NC) 6/00
Drug Discovery Technology 2000 (Boston, MA) 8/00
American Chemical Society (Washington, DC) 8/00
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Wallingford, CT) 9/00
American Chemical Society (San Diego, CA) 4/01
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Princeton, NJ) 7/01
Drug Discovery Technology 2000 (Boston, MA) 8/01
American Chemical Society (Chicago, IL) 8/01
American Chemical Society (San Francisco, CA) 12/01
New York Police Department (Jamaica, NY) 3/02
American Chemical Society (Orlando, FL) 4/02
American Chemical Society (Boston, MA) 8/02
American Chemical Society (Boston, MA) 11/02
American Chemical Society (San Francisco, CA) 12/02
PPD Discovery (Morrisville, NC) 12/02
American Chemical Society (New Orleans, LA) 3/03
Drug Discovery Technology 2003 (Boston, MA) 8/03
American Chemical Society (New York, NY) 9/03
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Wallingford, CT) 6/03
American Chemical Society (San Francisco, CA) 12/03
American Chemical Society (Anaheim, CA) 3/04
Gilead Pharmaceuticals (Mountain View, CA) 4/04
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals (San Diego, CA) 4/04
Procter & Gamble (Cincinnati, OH) 5/04
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Princeton, NJ) 6/04
American Chemical Society (Philadelphia, PA) 8/04
American Chemical Society (San Diego, CA) 3/05
American Chemical Society (Washington, DC) 8/05
Inclusion in International Biographical Texts:
Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology 1984, 1985
International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement 1985
Who's Who in the Midwest 1986-1988, 1991
Personalities of America 1986
Who's Who in Society 1986, 1988
Men of Achievement 1986
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America 1987
Who's Who in America 1988-2006
Who's Who in American Education 1994-2006
Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1996-2006
Advisory Board Member, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy 1988
Honorary Member of the Golden Key National Honor Society 1994
Selection Committee for the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award 1998
Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals: Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Biochemistry, J. Biol. Chem., J. Org. Chem., J. Med. Chem., Arch. Biochem. Biophys., J. Neurochem., Mol. Toxicol., Can. J. Chem., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Biochem. Internat., Bioorg. Chem., Biochem. Pharmacol., Chem. Res., Toxicol., Eur. J. Med. Chem., Mol. Pharmacol., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., Tetrahedron, Int. J. Peptide Protein Res., Bioorg. Med. Chem., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., Tetrahedron Lett., Synlett, Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol., Med. Chem. Res., J. Heterocycl. Chem.
Ad hoc reviewer for the following books: American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Division of Agrochemicals, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Ad hoc reviewer for the following funding agencies: National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Petroleum Research Fund, Research Corporation, National Research Council (Canada), Human Frontier Science Program, Amherst College Research Fund, US Department of Agriculture, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, NSERC, The Wellcome Trust
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