Kevan M. Shokat, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
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:
2010 - Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
2005 - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2004 - Vice-Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
2001 - Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF
2001 - Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
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
2010 - Elected, National Academy of Sciences
2010 - Society for Biomolecular Sciences Accomplishment Award
2006 - UCSF 2nd Annual PSA-sponsored Outstanding Mentor Award
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