Expert Details
RNA Polymerase, Antibacterial Agents, Antituberculosis Agents, Drug Discovery, Biodefense
ID: 730857
New Jersey, USA
His work used tools of drug discovery and structural biology.
Expert has Ph.D in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and has published over one hundred articles in the areas of bacteria agents and inhibitors. He has served on multiple boards and panels in the northeastern United States.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1987 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | Institution: Harvard |
| Year: 1981 | Degree: A.B. | Subject: Biology | Institution: Harvard |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1987 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Board of Governors Professor | Department: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Laboratory Director | Department: Waksman Institute of Microbiology |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2013 | Employer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Title: Investigator | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| AAAS (Fellow); AAM (Fellow); IDSA (Fellow); ASM; ASBMB; ACS, Biophysical Society |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Editor, Journal of Molecular Biology, 1995-2012; Biomedical Experts Board, Skolkovo Foundation, 2012- |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Phi Beta Kappa; Searle Scholar, Johnson & Johnson Discovery Research Fellow, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Schering-Plough Scientific Achievement Award; Walter J. Johnson Prize; American Academy of Microbiology Fellow; Employer Board of Trustees Research Excellence Award; American Association for Advancement of Science Fellow; Infectious Diseases Society of America Fellow; Theobald Smith Society Waksman Award |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| more than 125 refereed publications; more than 25 issued or pending patents |
Fields of Expertise
anti-infective agent, antibiotic, antimicrobial, biological transcription, drug discovery, RNA polymerase, antibiotic resistance, recombinant protein expression, high-throughput screening (drug discovery), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, protein-protein crosslinking, biomedical research and development, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, single-molecule detection, plasmid DNA, biological warfare, bacterial physiology, medicinal chemistry, protein characterization, protein isolation, pathogenic bacteria control, bacterial control, protein analysis, Staphylococcus, protein functionality, protein modification, protein biology, protein biochemistry, drug resistance, actinomycete, recombinant protein, drug development, biological safety, pathogenic bacterium, biohazard, protein chemistry, DNA synthesis, protein engineering, nucleotide, polymerase, molecule, DNA, amino acid, protein, enzyme, nucleic acid, protein structure, peptide synthesis, mycobacterium, molecular biophysics, molecular biology, microbiology, fluorescent dye, fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescence, E. coli, catalysis, bacteriology, bacterium