Meet the PI

Uttam K. Tambar

Uttam K. Tambar, Ph.D.

Bonnie Bell Harding Professor in Biochemistry
Chair of Organic Chemistry Graduate Program
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

 

Educational Experience:

  • A.B. Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry & Physics, Harvard University 2000 (Cynthia Friend and Stuart Schreiber)
  • Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 2006 (Brian Stoltz)
  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University 2006-2009 (James Leighton)

Honors and Awards:

  • ACS Cope Scholar Award (2024) - press release
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of the Indian Chemical Society (2020)
  • Welch Foundation Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research (2019) - press release and video
  • Chair of the Chemistry and Cancer Program, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (2018)
  • Chair of Organic Chemistry Graduate Program (2017)
  • Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship (2013)
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2012)
  • Novartis Award Lecturer at Boston University (2012)
  • Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2012)
  • Member of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center (2009-Present)
  • W.W. Caruth, Jr. Endowed Scholar in Biomedical Research (2009-Present)
  • Stereochemistry GRC Chair’s Award for Exceptional Accomplishments in Chemistry (2008)
  • NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-2009)
  • American Chemical Society Travel Grant from Division of Medicinal Chemistry (2008)
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow (2001-2004)
  • Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology Grant for Undergraduate Research (1999)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Undergraduate Research (1998)
  • Harvard College Research Program Award (1998, 1999, 2000)