Kowalczykowski, Steve

 

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STEPHEN C. KOWALCZYKOWSKI

B.S., Chemistry, 1972 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Ph. D, Chemistry (Biochemistry), 1976 - Georgetown University

Postdoctoral, Molecular Biology, 1981 - University of Oregon

Graduate Group Membership:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biophysics
Genetics
Microbiology

Faculty Appointments:

Section of Microbiology
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Center for Genetics and Development

Stephen Charles Kowalczykowski                      (online CV/expertise profile)   (CV-pdf)
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Director, Center for Genetics and Development
Briggs Hall - 310
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8665

PHONE:   530-752-5938
FAX:         530-752-5939
E-MAIL:   sckowalczykowski@ucdavis.edu

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (1972)
Senior Thesis Research with Dr. Frederick Wedler
Topic: "Substrate Binding Order of Sheep Brain Glutamine Synthetase"

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1972-1976)
Doctoral Thesis Research with Dr. Jacinto Steinhardt
Topic: "Physical-Chemical Studies of Sickle Cell Hemoglobin"

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (1976-1981)
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Peter von Hippel
Topic: "Interactions of Bacteriophage T4-Coded Gene 32 Protein with Nucleic Acids"

Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois (1981-1991)
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, (1981-1987)
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, (1987-1991)
Topics: "Mechanistic Studies of Genetic Recombination";
"Biochemical Mechanism and Function of DNA Helicases"

University of California, Davis, Davis, California (1991- present)
Professor of Microbiology and of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, (1991-present)
Chairman, Section of Microbiology (1992-1999)
Director, Center for Genetics and Development (2000-present)
Topics: "Mechanistic Studies of Genetic Recombination";
"Biochemical Mechanism and Function of DNA Helicases"
"Recombinational Repair of DNA Damage in Eukaryotes"
"Single-Molecule Assembly of Protein-DNA complexes"

HONORS:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Scholarship
Georgetown University Fellowship
Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chemical Honor Society
Sigma Xi
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award
Roll of Honour of Polish Science, 2000
National Institutes of Health MERIT Award, 2000-2010
Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 2003 (UC Davis News & Information - printable)
University of California, Davis, Academic Senate, Faculty Distinguished Research Award, 2005
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2005

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, FASEB
American Chemical Society, Division of Biological Chemistry
American Society for Microbiology
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Biophysical Society

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

            Associate Editor, Genes to Cells (1995-2006)
            Faculty of 1000 (2001-2005)
            Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2003-2008)
            Editorial Board, Journal of Bacteriology (2004-2006)
            Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Chemical Biology (2006-present)

 

GRANT SUPPORT:

National Institutes of Health; #2 RO1 GM-41347

"Biochemical Mechanism and Function of DNA Helicases"; percentile - 1.0%

4/98 - 3/03; Direct Costs - $818,397; Total Costs - $1,139,963

 National Institutes of Health; #9 R37 GM-62653-20 (AI-18987-20) – MERIT award
"Mechanistic Studies of Genetic Recombination"; percentile – 0.2%
4/00 - 3/04; Direct Costs - $919,222; Total Costs - $1,313,074