Jonathan Ellman, PhD
Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology
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Biography
Jon was born and raised near Los Angeles and received his B.S. degree at MIT and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley and subsequently joined the faculty at the same institution. Prior to coming to Yale University, he was Professor in the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and jointly held a faculty position in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UC San Francisco. He has published more than 290 research articles on the application of chemistry to biomedical research.
Education & Training
- NSF Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of California at Berkeley (1992)
- PhDHarvard University, Chemistry (1989)
- BSMIT, Chemistry (1984)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | 2016 |
Yale Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences | Yale University | 2016 |
Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods | American Chemical Society | 2012 |
GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award | 2010 | |
Pedler Award | Royal Society of Chemistry | 2010 |
Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science | 2006 | |
Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry | 2006 | |
Scheele Award | Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2003 |
Achievement Award | Society of Biomolecular Screening | 2003 |
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award | American Chemical Society | 2000 |
New Initiatives in Malaria Research Award | Burroughs Wellcome Foundation | 1997 |
Hitchings Award for Drug Design and Discovery | Burroughs Wellcome Foundation | 1993 |
Departments & Organizations
- Developmental Therapeutics
- Pharmacology
- Primary Faculty
- Yale Cancer Center