Curriculum Vitae - Ronald E. Stenkamp

P>Born: May 14, 1948; Bend, Oregon .

Married: Larilyn Zeller, 1970. One child: David, born 1979.

Education.

B.A., Chemistry., Honors College , University of Oregon , Eugene, Oregon, 1970.
M.Sc., Chemistry , University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, 1971.
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1975.

Present Position.

Professor, Department of Biological Structure , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2002-
Joint appointment, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry , University of Washington, 2003-
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Chemistry , University of Washington, 2002-

Previous Positions.

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry , University of Washington, 2002-2003
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1987-2002.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Washington, 1987-2002.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1992-2002.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1986 - 1987.
Research Assistant Professor, Research Associate, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1977 - 1986.
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, Sessel-Anonymous Fellow with Dr. T.A. Steitz, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1975-1977.
Senior Fellow, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, summer, 1975.
Research Assistant with Dr. Lyle H. Jensen, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1974 - 1975.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1970 - 1973.

Honors, Honorary and Professional Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa, 1969.
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Program, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, 1971.
Service Award, American Crystallographic Association, 2000.
Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1972.
American Crystallographic Association.
American Chemical Society.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Co-author of one of 103 Most Cited Papers in pure chemistry published in 1981 (Current Contents, 12, 3-16,(1985)). The paper reference is Nature, 291, 263-264 (1981).

Service.

Continuing Education Committee of the American Crystallographic Association, 1985 - 1987.
Publications Committee of the American Crystallographic Association, 1997-1999.
Co-organizer, VII West Coast Protein Crystallography Workshop, March 17-20, 1985, Asilomar, California.
NIH Special Study Section reviewing X-ray diffraction equipment proposals, 1988, 1989, 1990,1994.
NIH Special Study Sections, 2005, 2007.
Reviewer: NSF proposals, 1995,1998,2008; Univ. of Washington Royalty Research Fund, 1995,1996.
Scientific Affairs Committee, School of Medicine, University of Washington, 1989 - 1990.
Faculty Senate, University of Washington, 1991 - 1995.
Steering Committee, Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, 1993-1997.
Steering Committee, Molecular Biophysics Training Grant, 1996-1997.
Graduate Program Coordinator, Dept. of Biological Structure, 1995-2000.
Student advisor, Biomolecular Structure and Design Program, 2000-2004,
Organizing Committee, 1996 International Union of Crystallography Congress, Seattle, Washington, 1991 - 1996.
Program Chair, Annual Meeting, American Crystallographic Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 23-28, 1993.
Chair, Biological Macromolecules Special Interest Group, American Crystallographic Association, 1995.
U.S. National Committee for Crystallography, 2002-2007.
Biosync Committee, 2002.
Proposal Review Panel, SSRL, 2002-.
Royalty Research Fund Review Committee, Univ. of Washington, 2007-2008.

Editorial Activities.

Ad hoc referee for Biochemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Protein Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, and Acta Crystallographica.
Newsletter Editor, American Crystallographic Association, 1994-2001.

Teaching.

Cell Structure and Function (portion) (BioStr 511 Winter, 1982).
Graduate Student Seminar (BioStr 557 Fall, 1982).
Structure of Biological Molecules (portion) (BioStr 518 Spring, 1984,1986,1988,1990).
Biological X-ray Structure analysis (BioStr 515 Winter, 1987-2002).
Current Problems in Macromolecular Structure (BioStr 519 Spring, 1989, 1995-1998).
Topics in Developmental and Systemic Cell Biology (BioStr 556 Spring, 1991-1994).
Biochemistry (Biochemistry 440 Fall, 1995-1998).
Chemistry (Chemistry 150 Spring, 1997).
Freshman Seminar (Gen. Studies 197, Fall, 1995, Spring, 1996).
Biochemistry (Biochemistry 405 Fall, 2001-2003).
Invited lectures in: Chemistry 510, Iron Chemistry and Life Processes, Fall,1984; UConj 504, Cell and Molecular Biology and Disease, Fall, 1989; Biochemistry 530, Advanced Biochemistry, Fall, 1992,1993,1994; Biochemistry 540, Literature Review, Fall, 1992,1994, Uconj. 514, Fall, 1996, Biomolecular Structure and Design 540, Literature Review, Fall, 1996-2008.

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