Education:
Education:
1973 B.S. Biochemistry Texas A & M University
1975 Ph.D. Biochemistry, Texas A & M University
1977-1979 Postdoctoral, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin
Awards:
1977-79 NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow
1982-87 NIH Career Development Awardee
1984-86 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Professional Positions:
1976 - 1977 Texas A & M University Lecturer (Organic
Chemistry)
1979 - 1984 Univ. of Maryland Assistant Professor
of Chemistry
1984 - 1989 Univ. of Maryland Associate Professor
of Chemistry
1989 - 1996 Univ. of Maryland Professor of Chemistry
& Biochm
1997- present Univ. of New Mexico Professor of Chemistry
Professional Service:
1984-88 Symposium Organizer/Chair at 188th National ACS Meeting (1984),Pacific
Basin Conference on Chemistry (1984), XV Steenbock Symposium(1985), 79th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists (1988).NSF
Workshop on Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Processes (Stanford University,
1987)
1984-88 NIH Biochemistry Study Section Member
1986 -87 Program Planning Committee for the American Society
for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1988 - present Associate Editor for the Journal Bioorganic Chemistry
1990 Chairman of the Gordon Conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes and
Metabolic Processes
1995 Biological Chemistry Division A.C.S. Program Chair
1996-98 A.C.S. Executive Committee Member
Research Interests:
Biological Chemistry
Protein Structure, Function and Evolution
Enzyme Catalysis
Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
