William F. Dietrich Professor of Structural Biology and Biophysics
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics Department
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-625-0957 (office), 624-0632 (fax)
e-mail: ddt@umn.edu
| Education | ||
| 1971 | B.S. | Stanford University - Physics |
| 1975 | Ph.D. | Stanford University (H. McConnell) - Biophysics |
| Post-Graduate Education | ||
| 1976-77 | Postdoctoral Fellow | BBRI, Harvard Medical School (J. Gergely) |
| 1977-79 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Stanford University (L. Stryer) |
| Academic Appointments | ||
| 1979-83 | Assistant Professor | University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry |
| 1983-87 | Associate Professor | University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry |
| 1987- present | Professor | University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry |
| 1995-98 | Associate Dept. Head | University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry |
| 1998-present | Head, Division of Structural Biology and Biophysics | |
| 2004-present | William F. Dietrich Professor | |
| Professional Affiliations | ||
| 1976-present | Biophysical Society | |
| 1981-present | American Heart Association Council | |
| 1982-present | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
| National Professional Responsibilities | ||
| 1983-present | Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal | |
| 1984-86 | Chair, Contractility Subgroup, Biophysical Society | |
| 1984-92 | American Heart Association Research Committee | |
| 1984-present | NIH Study Section (BBCB) and site visits | |
| 1985-98 | Associate Editor, Biophysical Journal | |
| 1989-94 | Organizer, FASEB Conference on Cell Membranes | |
| 1989-93 | Council, Biophysical Society | |
| 1992-94 | NSF Advisory Panel, Biophysics Program | |
| 1996-97 | NSF Biological Instrumentation Panel | |
| 1997 | Organizer, US/Japan Symposium on Actin, Maui | |
| 2011 | Chair, Gordon Conference on Muscle | |
| Honors and Awards | ||
| 1967-1971 | Alfred P. Sloane Scholarship | |
| 1968 | Outstanding Freshman Award, Stanford University | |
| 1971 | Outstanding Student-Athlete Award, PAC 8 | |
| 1971 | NCAA All American, Wrestling | |
| 1971-1973 | NSF Predoctoral Fellowship | |
| 1974 | Kent Fellowship, Danforth Foundation | |
| 1975 | Josephine de Karman Fellowship | |
| 1976-1977 | Muscular Dystrophy Association Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
| 1977-1979 | Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
| 1981-1982 | NIH Research Career Development Award | |
| 1982-1987 | Established Investigator, American Heart Association | |
| 1987 | Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Japan | |
| 1993-present | NIH MERIT Award | |
| 2000 | All-University Teaching Award | |
| 2004 | William F. Dietrich Professor | |
| 2005 | Fellow of the Biophysical Society | |
| Current Teaching | ||
| Biophysical Spectroscopy and Kinetics | (course director, 30 lectures) | |
| Muscle | (course director, 10 lectures) | |
| Physical Facilities | ||
| Office | 5-124 Nils Hasselmo Hall | 200 s.f. |
| Wet Laboratory | 5th floor NHH | 2,600 s.f. |
| Spectroscopy Lab | 1st floor NHH | 2,400 s.f. |
| Graduate and Postdoctoral Supervision (1980-present): | ||
| 9 MS | 28 PhD | 18 postdoctoral |