CURRICULUM VITAE

Walter J. Chazin, Chancellors Professor

Departments of Biochemistry and Physics, Center for Structural Biology

5142 BIOSCI/MRBIII, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN  37232-8725

(615) 936-2210, 2231 (office); (615) 936-2211 (FAX); http://structbio.vanderbilt.edu/chazin

 

Date of Birth:                    November 7, 1954

Marital Status:                 Married, two children

Foreign Languages:          French (fluent); German (barely functional)

Education:

1972-73                        Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

1973-75                        McGill University, Montrèal, Québec, B.Sc. Chemistry, 1975

1979-83                        Concordia University, Montrèal, Québec, Ph.D. Chemistry, 1983 (L.D. Colebrook, Advisor)

1983-85                        E.T.H. Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland (K. Wüthrich, Advisor)

1986                             The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (P.E. Wright, Advisor)

Faculty Appointments:

1987-1992                Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

1992-1998                Associate Professor I, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

1998-1999                Associate Professor II, Dept. of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

1999-                        Chancellors Professor of Biochemistry and Physics, Vanderbilt University

1999-                        Ingram Professor of Cancer Research

1999-                        Director, Vanderbilt University Center for Structural Biology

1999-                        Director, Vanderbilt University NMR Centers

2002-                        Director, Vanderbilt University Molecular Biophysics Training Program

Honors, Awards:

1972-1975                        Oxford Paper Company Undergraduate Scholarship

                                          Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

1981-1983                        Québec Ministry of Education Postgraduate Scholarship

                                          Concordia University Graduate Fellowship

                                          N.S.E.R.C. (Canada) Postgraduate Scholarship

                                          Department of Chemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

1983-1985                        Québec Ministry of Education Postdoctoral Fellowship

                                          Biophysics Institute, E.T.H.-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland

1990                                  National Academy of Sciences International Travel Fellow (Poland)

1990-1993                        American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award

1994-1998                        American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award

1998                                  Regents Visiting Professor, University of Naples, Italy

2000                                  25th Annual Merck-Frosst Lecture, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

Formal Service Appointments:

1989-1994                        Editorial Advisory Board, Intl. J. of Biological Macromolecules

1992-1997                        American Cancer Society - Scientific Advisory Committee on

                                          Drug Development, Hematology and Pathology

2001-2005                        Chairman, Awards Committee, The Biophysical Society

2001-2006                        Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry

2002-2006                        Member, NIH BBCB study section

Affiliations:

A.A.A.S., American Chemical Society, ASBMB, The Biophysical Society, The Protein Society, International Society of Magnetic Resonance