Thomas Kodadek, Ph.D.

Current Positions

Julie and Lous Beecherl, Jr. Chair in Medical Science (2005-Present)
Director, UT-Southwestern Division of Translational Research (2005-Present)
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology (1998-Present)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9185.
Phone: 214-648-1239 FAX: 214-648-1450.
e-mail: thomas.kodadek@utsouthwestern.edu

Previous positions

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Texas at Austin (1997-1998)

Associate Professor (1993-1997)
Assistant Professor (1987-1992).

Education 

B.S.(Chemistry) University of Miami (FL).
Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) Stanford University (Advisors: James Collman, John Brauman).
Post-doctoral (Biochemistry) UCSF (Advisor: Bruce Alberts).

Awards

Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow (1985-1987)
American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award (1989-1991)
Fellow of the AAAS (elected 1999)
NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2006-2011).

Professional Activities and Services

Chief of the Editorial Board Molecular BioSystems (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Editorial Board (1/98-Present): Chemistry & Biology
Associate Editor (6/99-5/03): Chemistry & Biology
Editorial Board (1/97-7/01): Chemtracts-Organic Chemistry
Co-Editor of Jan. 2000, Feb. 2005 Issues of Current Opinion In Chemical Biology
Vice Chair (2002) and Chair (2004), Gordon Conference Chemistry and Biology of Peptides
Member (2000-2004) and Chair (2002-2004) of the NIH Bioorganic and Natural Products (BNP) Study Section.
Member, Nucleic Acids Study Section, American Cancer Society (1995-98).
Member, DOE special study section for materials science research (1994).
Member of the American Chemical Society, AAAS, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Invited Mentor in the NIH Mentoring Workshop for Chemistry Assistant Professors (2005, 2006).
Steering Committee Member, NIH Chemistry Assistant Professor Mentoring Workshops
Member, Scientific Advisory Board of Stratagene Inc., La Jolla, CA
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Receptors, LLC, Chaska, MN
Co-Chair, NHLBI Committee for Strategic Planning in Emerging Technologies
Member, NIH committee on the Future of the Roadmap (2006)

Patents

1. Kodadek, T.J., Barry, J.F. (1996) U.S. Patent N-7376. "D4-symmetric porphyrin-based catalysts. Processes for preparing same and processes for using same".
2. Kodadek, T.J., Fancy, D.A., Johnston, S.A. (2003) U.S. Patent No. 6,613,582. "Methods for rapid and efficient protein cross-linking".
3. Kodadek, T. (2006) U.S. Patent no. 7,018,801. "Selection of peptides with antibody-like properties".