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          Department of Chemistry
         
Northwestern University 
          2145 Sheridan Road 
          Evanston, IL 60208-3113

Telephone
:
  (847) 491-5653
FAX
:           (847) 491-7713
Internet:
      Agman@chem.northwestern.edu
Date of Birth: 
          May 12, 1946
          Philadelphia, PA
Marital Status: 
          Married, 3 children
Positions Held:
9/1/04-present John Evans Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
9/1/01-8/31/04 Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University
9/90-present Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry,  Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology; Member of the Institute for Neuroscience, Member of the Drug Discovery Program, Member of the Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University
1/1/96-12/31/97 Arthur Andersen Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology; Member of the Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University
9/86 - 9/90 Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
9/84 - 9/86 Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
9/82 - 9/84 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
9/76 - 9/82 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University

Education:

9/68- 1/69  Harvard University (Advisor: Professor David H. Dolphin,  Department of Chemistry)
1/71 - 6/74 Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Thesis: Model Studies for Coenzyme B12-Dependent Enzyme-Catalyzed Rearrangements.
4/64 - 3/68 Pennsylvania State University B.S. in chemistry

Postdoctoral Experience:

7/74 - 9/76 Brandeis University (Advisor: Professor Robert H. Abeles, Graduate Department of Biochemistry) Specific Enzyme Inactivation

Military Service:

1/69 - 1/71 United States Army Physical Sciences Assistant, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.
Honorable discharge, 1/71

Other Research Experience

5/69 - 1/71 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Synthesis of potential anti-radiation agents
4/68 - 9/68 Rohm and Haas Company
Synthesis of elastomeric fibers
4/67 - 1/68 Pennsylvania State University
B.S. Thesis: Some Chemistry of Tungsten Carbony Carbene Complexes
6/66 - 9/66 Atlantic-Richfield
Fuel cell research

Professional Memberships:

American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research Interests:

Medicinal and bioorganic chemistry: mechanism of drug action;
design of medicinal agents; specific enzyme inactivation;
enzyme mechanisms; enzyme models