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Adam R. Urbach | |||||
| Assistant Professor of Chemistry | ||||||
| Office: | 215-B MEB, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, 78212 | |||||
| Phone: | (210) 999-7660 | Fax: | (210) 999-7569 | |||
| Email: | adam.urbach@trinity.edu | |||||
| RESEARCH GROUP WEBPAGE: | http://www.trinity.edu/aurbach/research.html | |||||
| Born Houston, Texas, 1974 | Research
Interests - Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Recognition The Urbach Research Group applies techniques in organic, physical, and biochemistry to problems in biology and materials science. We study the processes by which complementary molecules fit together to form noncovalent complexes in aqueous solution, with the goals of separating and sensing specific biomolecules, catalyzing biomolecular reactions, and building nanoscale materials from the bottom up. Interested undergraduate students should follow this link. A research description can also be found on the research group webpage. |
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| University of Texas at Austin, B.S., 1996 | ||||||
| California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 2002 | ||||||
| Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-04 | ||||||
| Trinity University, Assistant Professor, 2004- | ||||||
| Accolades | ||||||
| 2009 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar | Representative Publications (* undergraduate coauthors) Joseph J. Reczek, Aimee A. Kennedy*, Brian T. Halbert*, Adam R. Urbach, "Multivalent Recognition of Peptides by Modular Self-Assembled Receptors" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131, 2408-2415. link to DOI Preetika Rajgariah* and Adam R. Urbach, "Scope of Amino Acid Recognition by Cucurbit[8]uril" Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 2008, 62, 251-254. link to DOI Gretchen A. Vincil* and Adam R. Urbach, "Effects of the Number and Placement of Positive Charges on Viologen - Cucurbit[n]uril Interactions" Supramolecular Chemistry, 2008, 20, 681-687. link to DOI Adam R. Urbach, Christopher J. Pursell, John D. Spence, "Supramolecular Chemistry: A Senior Capstone Course" Journal of Chemical Education, 2007, 84, 1785-1787. Lisa M. Heitmann*, Alexander D. Taylor, P.John Hart, and Adam R. Urbach, "Sequence-Specific Recognition and Cooperative Dimerization of Aromatic Peptides in Aqueous Solution by a Synthetic Host" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006, 128, 12574-12581. link to DOI Meghan E. Bush*, Nicole D. Bouley*, and Adam R. Urbach, "Charge-Mediated Recognition of N-Terminal Tryptophan in Aqueous Solution by a Synthetic Host" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127, 14511-14517. link to DOI |
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| 2008 NSF CAREER Award | ||||||
| 2007 Trinity University Distinguished Junior Faculty Award | ||||||
| 2006 Cottrell College Science Award | ||||||
| 2003-04 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow | ||||||
| 1996-99 NSF Graduate Fellow | ||||||
| 1996 Phi Beta Kappa | ||||||
| 1995 Pfizer Undergraduate Fellow | ||||||
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