DAVID B. BERKOWITZ
Department of Chemistry
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0304

Tel. (402)-472-2738
email: dbb@unlserve.unl.edu

 


Education:

  • 1990-1991 Postdoctoral Research, Yale University (Samuel J. Danishefsky, Mentor)
  • 1990 Ph.D., Harvard University (Steven A. Benner, Thesis Advisor)
  • 1986-1990 Traveling Scholar, Eidgenoessische Technische. Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1982 B.S., University of Chicago

Academic Positions:

  • 2005- Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska
  • 1997-2004 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,
    University of Nebraska
  • 1991-1996 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,
    University of Nebraska

Academic Center Memberships:

          2004 Nebraska Center for Materials Research & Analysis (CMRA)
          1997 Eppley Institute for Cancer Research, University of Nebraska Med Center
          1997 University of Nebraska Center for Environmental Toxicology
          1992 University of Nebraska Center for Biotechnology

Editorial Board Memberships
          2005-present Editorial Advisory Board, Current Medicinal Chemistry
          2003-present Editorial Advisory Board, Letters in Drug Design and Discovery
          2002-present Consulting Board of Editors, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Awards, Honors:
          2006 Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institut f¨¹r molekulare Physiologie, Dortmund, Germany.
          2005 Visiting Professorship, Universite de Rouen, Rouen, France.
          2005 College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award,
                   University of Nebraska
          2004 & 2005 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
          2000, 01, 02 Excellence in Education Award - Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (thrice)
          1997-2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
          1999 Invited Participant ¨C National Academy of Sciences/Humboldt Foundation
                   5th Annual German-American ¡°Frontiers of Science¡± Symposium
                   (June 10-13, 1999; Berlin, Germany)
          1996  Nominated for the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award- ASUN
                    (Association of Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
           1996 Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students -
                    UNL Teaching Council & UNL Parents Association
           1992 Oliver T. Bird Summer Research Fellowship, University of Nebraska
           1990-91 Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale University
           1985-86 Eastman Kodak Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
           1981-82 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago