Muhammad N. Yousaf

Muhammad N. Yousaf
Biography:

Muhammad N. Yousaf was born in Pakistan and moved to Toronto Canada with his family at an early age.  He did all his formal education in Toronto and studied inorganic chemistry at York University in Toronto as an undergraduate with Prof. Dennis Stynes.  He then moved to the US and pursued his PhD studies in surface chemistry and material science at the University of Chicago with Milan Mrksich followed by a cell biology postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University with Marc Kirschner.  

Dr. Yousaf has recently returned to his hometown of Toronto and his alma mater and is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at York University (2011).  He previously was on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) (2005-2011).  His research interests are in interfacing organic, bioanalytical, bioengineering and cell biology research to study fundamental cell behavior and to develop new biomaterials and tools for regenerative medicine applications.

As a PI since 2005, he has published more than 60 original papers, given over 100 seminars at universities and conferences including plenary and named lectureships and has been elected to serve on 5 journal advisory and editorial boards.  He is the founding Editor in Chief of the journal Bio-orthogonal chemistry (launch 2012) and Editor in Chief for the American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology.  His research has been highlighted multiple times in Nature, Science and Chemical and Engineering News and several print and online media circulars.  Dr. Yousaf has received several national USA awards including, a Damon Runyon Fellowship, Burroughs Wellcome Interface Career Award and an NSF CAREER award.  Dr. Yousaf is very proud of his highschool, undergraduate and graduate students who have also received numerous national awards including, Barry Goldwater Award, Churchill Scholar (Cambridge), NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, Westinghouse Awards and a Nobel Laureate Lindau Meeting award.


Muhammad N. Yousaf

Department of Chemistry                                                                                     E-mail: mnyousaf@yorku.ca

Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions

York University                                                                                  Telephone: (416) 736-2100 ext-77712

Toronto, ON, Canada

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH





NAME

Muhammad Naveed Yousaf

POSITION TITLE

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Biology,  York University, Toronto, Canada



EDUCATION/TRAINING

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Harvard University, Boston, MA



2001-04

Postdoc  (Cell Biology)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Ph.D.

2001

Chemistry/Materials

University of Massachusetts

M.S.

1996

Chemistry

York University, Toronto, Canada

B.Sc. (Hon)

1994

Chemistry/Biology











1.  Personal. Married with two children



Research Interests:  Surface Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biomaterials, Chemical Biology, Cell Biology.



2.  Education

         2004     Postdoctoral Fellow; Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA  (Advisor: Marc W. Kirschner)

         2001     Ph.D. in Chemistry; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL  (Advisor: Prof. Milan Mrksich)

         1996     M.S. in Chemistry; University of Massachusetts, MA

         1994     B.Sc (Hon); York University, Toronto, ON, Canada



3. Professional Experience

         2011 - present    Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, York University,   Toronto, Canada

         2005 - 2011       Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carolina Center for Genome Science, Lineberger

                                     Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

         2003 - 2004       Instructor, Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA.

                                       2001 - 2003       Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA.



4.  Honors and Memberships:



         2012              Editor in Chief for American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology

          2011             Chemical and Engineering News Highlight - C&E News 2011, 49, 36.

          2011             Guest Editor International Journal of Analytical Chemistry (Biomaterials)  

          2011             Editor in Chief,  Bio-orthogonal Chemistry Journal (Springer) - Launch in 2012

          2011             Chemical and Engineering News Highlight – C&E News 2011, 29, 27.

          2011             Science Magazine Highlight – Editors Choice – Science  332, 1011 (2011)

          2011             J.Am.Chem. Soc. SELECTS (special issue on biosurfaces/biomaterials) issue #11 (02/11)

 2011             Marcus Lecture  - Washington Univ. St. Louis

          2010             Editor for Journal of Biointerphases    

 2010             Editor for Methods in Molecular Biology:  Volume series on Cell Mobility

 2010             Editorial Board for Journal of Biochips and Tissue Chips

 2010             Editorial Board for Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials

 2010             ChemComm Emerging Investigator

 2010             Sigma Xi

          2010             National Cancer Institute (nanocancer center) Young Faculty Highlight

          2009             National Science Foundation CAREER Award ($600,000)

          2008             Molecular Biosystems Emerging Investigator

          2008             Young Academic Investigators Symposium Speaker, ACS Meeting, New Orleans

          2005             Burroughs-Wellcome Faculty Focus Highlight

          2005             HHMI-Burroughs Wellcome New Faculty Lab Management

          2003             Keck-National Academy of Science Futures Initiative

          2004-2009   Burroughs-Wellcome Interface Career Award ($600,000)

          2001-2004   Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship ($150,000)

          2003             News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2003, 81, 11

          2001             News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2001, 79, 13

          2001             Nature News Wire March 27, 2001.

          2000             News of the Week, Science 2000, 1477

          1999             Chemical and Engineering News Highlight 1999, 77, 11

          1995-1996   John Masteracola Memorial Award for Excellence in Graduate Research

                                       

5.  Publications (* denotes independent publications as a Faculty since 2005)

   

     a)  Published, In press Refereed Papers



*59  Cell Surface Engineering via Liposome Fusion.  D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*.  Bioconjugate Chemistry.  2011, 22, 2423-2433.

                                    Highlighted  in C&E News  2011, 49, 36.



*58   Biomolecular modification of carbon nanotubes for studies of cell adhesion and migration.  W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf.  Nanotechnology.  2011. In press. (Cover Article)  (Special Issue on Bioengineering Nanotechnology)



*57   Tissue Morphing Control on Dynamic Gradient Surfaces.  W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2011, 133, 10780-10783.

                                    Highlighted  in C&E News  2011, 29, 27.



*56.  A Redox Switchable Surface for Controlling Peptide Structure.  B. M. Lamb, M.N. Yousaf*.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8870-8873.



*55. Synthetic Chemoselective Rewiring of Cell Surfaces: Generation of Three-Dimensional Tissue Structures. D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher, W. Luo, M. N. Yousaf*.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8704-8713.

                                    Highlighted  in Science  2011, 332, 1011-1012.



*54.  A Renewable, Chemoselective, and Quantitative Ligand Density Spot Microarray for the Study of  High-Throughput Biospecific Interactions.  A. Pulsipher and M.N. Yousaf*.  Chem. Comm. 2011. (Special Issue on Emerging Investigators) 47, 523-525



*53. Developing A Self-Assembled Monolayer Microarray to Study Stem Cell Differentiation.  W. Luo,  M.N. Yousaf*, J. Coll. Int. Sci.  2011. 360, 325-330.  (Cover Article)



*52. One-Step Syntheses of Photocurable Polyesters Based on a Renewable Resource.  D. Barrett, T. Merkel, C. Luft, M.N. Yousaf*.  Macromolecules. 2010, 43 ,9660–9667



*51. Thermosets Synthesized by Thermal Polyesterification for Tissue Engineering Applications. D.G. Barrett, M.N. Yousaf*.  Soft Matter (Special Issue on Tissue Engineering) 2010, 6, 5026 – 5036.



*50. Microfluidics for Molecular Interaction Assays on Surfaces. B.M. Lamb and M.N. Yousaf*.  Methods in Molecular Biology (Chemical Genomics and Proteomics). Book Chapter. Editor. E. Zanders. 2010.  in press.



*49. Fabrication of Dynamic Self-Assembled Monolayers for Cell Migration and Adhesion Studies. N. P. Westcott and M.N. Yousaf*.  Methods in Molecular Biology (Bioconjugation Protocols). Book Chapter. Editor. S. Mark. 2010.  in press.



*48. Self-Assembled Monolayers as Dynamic Model Substrates for Cell Biology. Pulsipher, M. N. Yousaf. * Advances in Polymer Sciences (Bioactive Surfaces). Book Chapter. Editors. Borner, Lutz.  2010. 1-32, DOI: 10.1007/12_2010_87



*47. Microfluidic Permeation Printing of Self-Assembled Monolayer Gradients on Surfaces for Chemoselective Ligand Immobilization Applied to Cell Adhesion and Polarization  B.M. Lamb and M.N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir. 2010, 26, 12817-12823.



*46. Selective Tethering of Ligands and Proteins to a Microfluidic Patterned Electroactive Fluid Lipid Bilayer Array. D. Dutta, A. Pulsipher and M.N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir, 2010. 26, 9835-9841.



*45. Role of Surface Chemistry and Topology of Chemoselectively Tailored Embossed Films on Shear Adhesion.  D. G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*.  J. Mat. Chemistry. 2010, 20, 2813-2819.



*44. Tandem Surface Microfluidic Lithography and Activation to Generate Patch Pattern Biospecific Ligand and Cell Arrays.  A. Pulsipher and M. N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir,  2010, 26, 4130-4135.



*43. Aliphatic Polyester Elastomers Derived from Erythritol and α,ω-Diacids.   D. G. Barrett and M. N. Yousaf*, Polymer Chemistry 2010, 1, 296-302.



*42. Surface Chemistry and Cell Biological Tools for the Analysis of Cell Adhesion and Cell Migration.  A. Pulsipher, M.N. Yousaf*.  ChemBioChem 2010, 11, 745-753. (Cover Article)



*41. Tailored Electroactive and Quantitative Ligand Density Microarrays Applied to Stem Cell Differentiation. W. Luo, E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*.  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2010, 132, 2614–2621.

                              Highlighted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 167-169. (JACS SELECTS #11)



*40. Design and Applications of Biodegradable Polyester Tissue Scaffolds Based on Endogenous  Monomers Found in Human Metabolism.  D. G. Barrett, M. N. Yousaf*. Molecules 2009, 14, 4022-4050



*39. Patterned Hybrid Nanohole Array Surfaces for Cell Adhesion and Migration. N. P. Westcott, Y. Lou, J. F. Muth and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir 2009, 25, 11236–11238.



*38. Spatio-Temporal Control of Cell-Cell Interactions on Surfaces.  E.J. Lee, E.W.L. Chan, M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2009, 10, 1648-1653.



*37. Chemoselective Ligand Patterning of Electroactive Surfaces using Microfluidics. N. P. Westcott, M. N. Yousaf*. Electrophoresis  2009, 30, 3381-3385. (Cover Article)



*36. Electrochemical and Chemical Microfluidic Gold Etching to Generate Patterned and Gradient  Substrates  for Cell Adhesion and Cell Migration. N. P. Westcott, B.M. Lamb, M.N. Yousaf*.  Analytical Chem. 2009. 81, 3297–3303.



*35. Rapid In-Situ Generation of Two Patterned Chemoselective Orthogonal Surface Chemistries from a Single Hydroxy-Terminated Surface Using Controlled Microfluidic Oxidation.  A. Pulsipher, N.P. Westcott, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2009. 131, 7626–7632.  



*34. Model Systems for Cell Mobility.  M.N. Yousaf*.  Curr. Opin. Chem. Bio.  2009. 13, 697-704.



*33. Tailored Electroactive Nanorods for Biospecific Cell Adhesion and Differentiation. W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*.  Chem. Comm. 2009, 10, 1237-1239.



*32. Rapid Microfluidic Generation of Patterned Aldehydes from Hydroxy Terminated SAMs for Ligand and Cell Immobilization on Optically Transparent Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Surfaces.  A. Puslipher,  N.P. Westcott, W. Luo, M.N. Yousaf*.  Adv. Materials. 2009, 21, 3082-3086.



*31. Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy of Cell Adhesion on Patterned Self-Assembled   Monolayers on Gold. D. Hoover, E.J. Lee, M.N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir  2009, 25, 2563-2566.



*30. Geometric Control of Stem Cell Differentiation Rate on Surfaces. W. Luo, S. Jones, and M. N.  Yousaf*.  Langmuir 2008, 24, 1229-1233.



*29. An Electroactive Catalytic Dynamic Substrate that Immobilizes and Releases Patterned Ligands,  Proteins and Cells. E.W.L. Chan, S. Park,  M.N. Yousaf *. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6267-6271.



*28. Renewable and Optically Transparent Electroactive Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Surfaces for  Chemoselective Ligand Immobilization and Biospecific Cell Adhesion. W. Luo, N. P. Westcott, A. Pulsipher, and M. N. Yousaf*. Langmuir  2008, 24, 13096-13101.



*27. Poly(triol-α-ketoglutarate) as Biodegradable, Chemoselective, and Mechanically Tunable Elastomers. D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*.   Macromolecules  2008, 41, 6347-6352.



*26. Microfluidic Lithography to Create Dynamic Gradient SAM Surfaces for Directed Cell Migration. B. M. Lamb, N. P. Westcott, M. N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2008, 9, 2628-2632.



*25. Expedient Generation of Patterned Surface Aldehydes by Microfluidic Oxidation for Chemoselective  Immobilization of Ligands and Cells. N. P. Westcott, A. Pulsipher, B. M. Lamb, M. N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir 2008, 24, 9237-9240.



*24. Asymmetric Peptide Nanoarray Surfaces for Studies of Single Cell Polarization.  D.K. Hoover,  E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2008, 130, 3280-3281.

                                    Highlighted in Faculty of 1000.



*23. Live-Cell Fluorescence Microscopy of Directed Cell Migration on Partially Etched Electroactive SAM Gold Surfaces. B.M. Lamb, N.P. Westcott, M.N. Yousaf*.   ChemBioChem 2008, 9, 2220-4.



*22. Microfluidic Etching and Oxime-Based Tailoring of Biodegradable Polyketoesters.  D.G. Barrett, B.M. Lamb, M. N. Yousaf*.   Langmuir  2008, 24, 9861-9867.



*21. Microfluidic Lithography of SAMs on Gold to Create Dynamic Surfacesfor Directed Cell Migration and Contiguous Cell Co-Cultures.  B.M. Lamb, D.G. Barrett, N.P. Westcott, M .N. Yousaf*.   Langmuir 2008, 24, 8885-9.



*20. Preparation of a Class of Versatile, Chemoselective, and Amorphous Polyketoesters D. G. Barrett  and M. N. Yousaf*.  Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 2029-2035.



*19. An Interfacial Oxime Reaction to Immobilize Ligands and Cells in Patterns and Gradients to Photo-Active Surfaces. S. Park, M.N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir 2008, 24, 6201-6207.



*18. A Photo-Electroactive Surface Strategy for Immobilizing Ligands in Patterns and Gradients for Studies of Cell Polarization. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*.  Mol. BioSys. 2008, 4, 746-753.



*17. Synergistic Microfluidic and Electrochemical Strategy to Activate and Pattern Surfaces Selectively with Ligands and Cells.  N.P. Westcott and M.N. Yousaf*.  Langmuir 2008, 24, 2261-2265.



*16. A Tunable, Chemoselective and Moldable Biodegradable Polyester for Cell Scaffolds.  D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*.  ChemBioChem. 2008, 9, 62-66.



*15. Combining Surface Chemistry with a FRET-Based Biosensor to Study the Dynamics of RhoA  GTPase Activation in Cells on Patterned Substrates.  L.Hodgson, E.W.L. Chan, K.M. Hahn and M.N. Yousaf*.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9264-9265.



*14. Rapid Patterning of Cells and Cell Co-Cultures with Spatial and Temporal Control on Surfaces through Centrifugation.  D.G. Barrett and M.N. Yousaf*.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7437-7439.



*13. Surface-Chemistry Control to Silence Gene Expression in Drosophila Schneider 2 Cells through  RNA Interference.  E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3881-3884.



*12. Electroactive nanoarrays for Biospecific Ligand Mediated Cell Adhesion.  D.K. Hoover, E.J. Lee, E.WL. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*. ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 1920-1923.



*11. Site-Selective Immobilization of Ligands with Control of Density on Electroactive Microelectrode  Arrays. E.W.L. Chan and M.N. Yousaf*.  ChemPhysChem  2007, 8, 1469-1472.





*10. Selective Immobilization of Ligands, Proteins and Cells to Electroactive Surfaces. E.W.L. Chan and  M.N. Yousaf*.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15542-15546.

                                    Highlighted in Faculty of 1000. Nanowerks.



9. A Photochemical Method for Patterning the Immobilization of Ligands and Cells to Self-Assembled Monolayers  W. S. Dillmore, M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich   Langmuir  2004, 20, 7223-7231.



8. Dynamic Interfaces Between Cells and Surfaces: Electroactive Substrates that Sequentially Release and Attach Cells. W.S. Yeo, M.N. Yousaf, M. Mrksich.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125,14994-14995.

                              Featured in:  News of the Week, Chemical Engineering News 2003, 81, 11



7. Using Electroactive Substrates to Pattern the Attachment of Two Different Cell Types. M.N. Yousaf, B.T. Houseman and M. Mrksich  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 2001, 98, 5992-5996.



6. Turning on Cell Growth with Electroactive Substrates.  M.N. Yousaf, B.T. Houseman and M.  Mrksich Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 1093.

                              Featured in: News of the Week, Science 2000, 1477

                                                        Nature News Wire March 27, 2001.

                                                        News of the Week, Chemical and Engineering News 2001, 79, 13



5. Understanding the Role of Adsorption in the Reaction of Cyclopentadiene with an Immobilized Dienophile. E.W.L. Chan, M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich  J. Phys. Chem. A. 2000, 104, 9315.



4. The Kinetic Order of an Interfacial Diels-Alder Reaction Depends on the Environment of the Immobilized Dienophile.  M.N. Yousaf, E.W.L. Chan and M. Mrksich  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 1943.



3. Diels-Alder Reacton for the Selective Immobilization of Protein to Electroactive Substrates. M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 4286.

                              Featured in:  Science Concentrates, Chemical and Engineering News 1999, 77, 11



2. Modulating the Behaviors of Attached Cells with Dynamic Substrates.  M.N. Yousaf and M. Mrksich  New Technologies for Life Sciences.  A Trends Guide.  2000, 28-35.



1. Copper (II) complexes of bis(1,4,7-triazacyclononane) ligands with polymethylene bridging groups: An equilibrium and structural study. R. Haidar, M. Ipek, M.N. Yousaf and L.J. Zompa.  Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 3125.



Patent: World Intellectual Property Patent (International Application #: PCT/US2004/009376) regarding the Determination of Proteins and/or other Molecules Using MALDI Mass Spectroscopy.



6.  Recent Seminars

2004  Harvard University, Boston, MA

2004  MIT, Boston, MA

2004  Tufts University, Boston, MA

2004  University of Toronto, Canada

2004  Princeton University, NJ

2004  Arizona State University, AZ

2004  Columbia University, NY

2004  University of Texas-Austin,  TX

2004  UC Santa Barbara, CA

2004  Duke University, NC

2004  University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana, IL

2005  NSF Mentoring Workshop, Bethesda, MD.

2005  ACS Electrochemical Society Meeting.

2006  ACS National Meeting, San Fran, CA.

2006  BWF/HHMI meeting

2007  Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Chemistry

2007  ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA.

2007  NCI Nanocenter Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC

2007  ASCB National Meeting, Washington D.C.

2008  ACS National Meeting, Utah

2008  25YBIS Biointerface Symposium, Seattle, WA

2008  ACS Surface and Colloids Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

2008  Emory University Dept. of Chemistry

2008  Georgia Tech. Dept. of Material Science

2008  University of Illinois, Dept. of Chemistry

2008  Northwestern University, Dept. of Chemistry

2008  University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Chemistry

2008  SERMACS meeting, Nashville, TN

2008  UC San Diego, Dept. of Chemistry

2008  UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Chemistry and Material Science

2009  North Carolina State University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009  University of Chicago, Dept. of Chemistry

2009  Cornell University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009  Syracuse University, Dept. of Chemistry and Bioengineering

2009  Scripps Research Institute, Dept. of Chemistry and Cell Biology

2009  Indiana University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009  Purdue University, Dept. of Chemistry

2009  NCI Nanocancer Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

2009  NanoInk, Skokie, IL

2010  ACS Meeting San Francisco

2010  Biophysical Society Meeting San Francisco

2010  Fayetteville State University, NC

2010  Gordon Conference, Signaling and Extracellular Matrix

2010  Duke University, NC

2010  Nanotech Conference, Los Angeles, CA

2010  ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA

2010  NC A&T University, NC

2010  Texas A&M University, Dept. of Chemistry, TX

2010  Stanford University, Dept. of Chemistry, CA

2011  York University, Toronto, Canada

2011  University of Kansas, KS

2011  McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

2011  University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

2011  Rutgers University, NJ

2011  Washington Univ. St. Louis, MO

2011  Gordon Research Conference on Cancer Nanobiotechnology, ME

2011  Caltech, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CA

2011  University of Minnesota, Chemical Biology Symposia, MN

2011  Waterloo University, Waterloo, Canada

2012  U. of Toronto, Canada

 7.  Professional Service

  a)  Service to discipline


Manuscript reviewer (>50 paper/year) for: PNAS, Nature Materials, Nature Chemistry, Biomaterials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Langmuir, Analytical Chemistry, Analyst, Analytical Biochemistry, J. Physical Chemistry A and B, Biophysical Journal, Soft Matter, ChemBioChem, Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemical Communications, Small, Nanoletters, Nanomedicine, Biointerphases, J. of Biomedical Materials Research, Lab on a Chip, Etc....


Editorial Boards:  Journal of Biointerphases, Journal of Biochips and Tissue Chips, Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials. Editor in Chief Bio-orthogonal Chemistry, Editor for Methods in Molecular Biology (Springer) on Cell Mobility,  Associate Editor for the American Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biology.



Proposal reviewer: National Science Foundation, National Institute of Health, NIH BRP, Hong Kong Research Foundation. National Science Foundation STTR/SBIR (Business Grants).





Student Awards:



Eugene Chan:  UNC Burroughs Wellcome Interface Award Nominee.

Devin Barrett:  UNC Dissertation Fellowship, UNC IMPACT award, IBNAM-Baxter Postdoc fellowship.

Nathan Westcott:  UNC Energy Fellowship, UNC Dissertation Award,  Mentor Award

Abigail Pulsipher:  NSF representative to Linda Nobel Laureate Fellow to Attend Linda Meeting in

                              Germany. UNC IMPACT Award.  NIH Postdoctoral fellowship.

Brian Lamb:  UNC Dissertation Fellowship, Mentor Award, NIH Postdoctoral fellowship.



Stephanie Jones:  Merck Travel Award, UNC Chem. Dept. Undergrad. Award, Barry Goldwater

                             Fellowship, Churchill Scholar (Cambridge, England), NSF graduate Fellowship.

Amy Kim – Westinghouse National Semifinalist

Eric Xu – Westinghouse National Semifinalist

Joshua Womack – Project SEED from the Amer. Chem. Soc.

Kimberly Clark – Project SEED from the Amer. Chem. Soc.

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