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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 | |||||
| COURSES SPRING 2008: | http://www.trinity.edu/aurbach/courses.html | |||||
| POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE | ||||||
| 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 specific biomolecular reactions, and building nanoscale materials from the bottom up. Interested undergraduate students should follow this link. A detailed 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 | ||||||
| 2008 NSF CAREER Award | Representative
Publications (* undergraduate coauthors)
Gretchen A. Vincil* and Adam R. Urbach, "Effects of the Number and Placement of Positive Charges on Viologen - Cucurbit[n]uril Interactions" Supramolecular Chemistry, in press. Vijay M. Krishnamurthy, George K. Kaufman, Adam R. Urbach, Irina Gitlin, Katie L. Gudiksen, Douglas B. Weibel, and George M. Whitesides "Carbonic Anhydrase as a Model for Biophysical and Physical Organic Studies of Proteins and Protein-Ligand Binding" Chemical Reviews, 2008, 108, 946-1051. link to Chem. Rev. Adam R. Urbach, Christopher J. Pursell, John D. Spence, "Supramolecular Chemistry: A Senior Capstone Course" Journal of Chemical Education, 2007, 84, 1785-1787. link to JCE 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 JACS 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 JACS |
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| 2007 Trinity University Distinguished Junior Faculty Award | ||||||
| 2006 Cottrell College Science Award | ||||||
| 2003-04 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship | ||||||
| 1996-99 NSF Graduate Fellowship | ||||||
| 1996 Phi Beta Kappa | ||||||
| 1995 Pfizer Undergraduate Fellowship | ||||||
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