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  • Thatcher Presidential Endowed Chair of Biological Chemistry, Chemistry
  • Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
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Professional Service

  • American Chemical Society. ACS National Award Selection Committee, 2023-2025 Award Cycle. 01/2023 - present
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Member. Advisory Committee of the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry, 2023-2026. 01/2023 - present
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Chair. CSB Study Section. 11/01/2022 - 07/01/2023
  • American Chemical Society Oregon, Portland & Puget Sound Local Sections. Role: Symposium Organizing Committee. Linus Pauling Medal Symposium, Portland, OR, October 2022. 10/2022 - 11/01/2022
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Symposium Organizing Committee. Founders’ Award Symposium, ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2022. 08/2022 - present
  • National Institutes of Health, Synthetic & Biological Chemistry. Role: Chair: 2022-2024. A study section, 2021-2024. 01/2022 - present
  • Gordon Research Conferences. Role: Vice-Chair. Board of Trustees. 01/01/2022 - 11/01/2026
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Member, co-Chair. SBCA Study Section. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2025
  • National Institutes of Health. Role: Standing Member. SBCA Study Section. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2025
  • Springer-Nature. Role: Editorial Board. Handbook of Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids (Springer-Nature), 2021-2023. 02/2021 - present
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. Role: Member-at-Large. Chemistry Section Executive Committee. 02/2019 - 02/2023
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member-at-Large, Section on Chemistry, AAAS, 2019-2023. 01/2019 - 12/2023
  • Gordon Research Conferences. Role: Member. Board of Trustees. 10/15/2018 - 10/15/2026
  • Gordon Research Conferences. Role: Vice-Chair. Board of Trustees. 10/01/2018 - 10/01/2026
  • Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Review Panel, Göttingen, 2018 - 2022. 01/2018 - 10/2022
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Editor-in-Chief. Accounts of Chemical Research. 11/01/2013 - 12/31/2023
  • AAAS Section on Chemistry. Retiring Chair. 01/2012 - 06/2013
  • Accounts of Chemical Research. Guest Co-Editor of Special Issue on Origins of Chemical Evolution. 01/2012 - 12/2012
  • American Association of Cancer Research. Chair, Nominating Committee. 10/2011 - 02/2012
  • Institute of Organic and Biochemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. Role: Member. International Review Committee. 07/2011 - 07/2016
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Role: Member. Membership Committee (Chemistry). 07/2011 - 06/2014
  • Chemical Sciences and Society Summit, Beijing, China. Role: Participant. International meeting to write white papers on the future needs of chemical sciences to promote global human health. 06/2011 - 12/2011
  • NSF, NASA. Role: Co-Organizer. Workshop on Empirical Methods to Study Alternative Biochemistries of Life. 03/2011 - 06/2012
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. Role: Co-Organizer. Symposium on Chemical Evolution at meeting of AAAS. 03/2011 - 03/2012
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chair, Section on Chemistry. 03/2011 - 02/2012
  • American Chemical Society. Chair of Canvassing Committee for Priestley Medal. 06/2010 - 12/2011
  • American Association for Cancer Research. Role: Member. Organizing Committee for Symposium on "Inflammation as a Cause of Cancer". 05/2010 - 02/2011
  • University of British Columbia. Role: Member. External Review Committee for Department of Chemistry. 09/2009 - 03/2010
  • American Chemical Society. Role: Co-Organizer. Organization of Symposium at national ACS meeting, "JOC: Defining the Frontiers of Organic Chemistry for 75 Years". 07/2009 - 08/2010

Internal Service

  • RPT Committee for College of Science, 2021-2025. Member, Chair (2021-23), 01/2021 - 12/2023. College service.
  • Search committee for Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Chair, 02/01/2018 - 05/15/2018. University service.
  • Search Committee for Dean of Pharmacy. 10/01/2014 - 06/01/2016. University service.
  • Distinguished Professor Selection Committee. Member, 10/01/2014 - 03/01/2016. University service.
  • USTAR Space Committee. Member, 10/01/2013 - 05/01/2014. University service.
  • Department Chair. Chair, 07/01/2013 - 06/30/2019. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Curie Club supporting women in science, Co-Founder and Faculty Liaison. 03/2011 - present

Outreach

  • Science at Breakfast. 11/17/2022 - 11/17/2022
  • Telluride Town Talk, Telluride, CO. 08/03/2016 - 08/04/2016
  • Curie Club supporting women in science, Co-Founder and Faculty Liaison. 03/2011 - present

Honors & Awards

  • T. Y. Shen Lectureship in Chemical Biology. MIT, 12/04/2023
  • Linus Pauling Award, ACS Portland, Puget Sound and Oregon sections. 10/2022
  • Founders’ Award, ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology. 08/2022
  • Cliff S. Hamilton Award in Organic Chemistry. University of Nebraska, 11/11/2021
  • Rosenblatt Prize. University of Utah, 05/2019
  • Leadership in Publishing Award. American Chemical Society, 01/2019
  • Gibbs Medal. American Chemical Society, Chicago Section, 05/2018
  • James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry. American Chemical Society, 03/2018
  • 2016 Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology. Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology, 01/18/2017
  • Member. National Academy of Sciences, 04/2014
  • Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women. University of Utah, 03/2014
  • Distinguished Teaching Award. University of Utah, 05/2011
  • Fellow. American Chemical Society, 03/2010
  • Member. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10/2009
  • Cope Scholar Award. American Chemical Society, 08/2008
  • Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 05/2005

Affiliations

  • University of Utah (U of U), Professor, 01/1995 - present
  • Stony Brook University (SUNY-Stony Brook), Professor, 08/1983 - 12/1994

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