Kevan M. Shokat, Ph.D.

Professor

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Department Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

University of California San Francisco

Department of Chemistry

University of California Berkeley

Education

1986    B.A.    Chemistry  - Reed College, Portland, OR

1991    Ph.D.   Chemistry  - University of California, Berkeley, CA 

Professional Experience:           

1999 - Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF

1999 - Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1998-99 - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Princeton University

1994-98 - Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Princeton University

1992-94 - Advisor: Prof. Christopher C. Goodnow, Stanford University Investigation of mechanisms of immune self-tolerance in transgenic mice. 

1986-91 - Advisor: Prof. Peter G. Schultz, UC Berkeley Design and synthesis of haptens for the generation of catalytic antibodies.  Thesis Title: New Routes to Catalytic Antibodies. 

Awards                   

2003 - Thomas Edison Patent Award

2002 - Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry

2001 - Protein Society Young Investigator

1999-2001 - Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

1997-98 - Glaxo-Wellcome Scholar in Organic Chemistry

1997-00 - Cottrell Scholar

1997-00 - Searle Scholar

1996-00 - Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

1995-97 - NSF Early Career Development Award

1992-94 - Life Sciences Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow

1989-90 - UC Berkeley University Fellowship 

1986-87 - UC Berkeley Regents Fellowship

1986  - Phi Beta Kappa - Reed College

Editorial Boards:

2001 - Associate Editor, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

2002 - Associate Editor, Chemistry and Biology

2003 - International Editorial Advisory Board, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

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