Associate Vice President for Research
604A Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7411
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Biographical Sketch | |
| Name | Robert A. Scott | |
| Positions | Distinguished Research Professor Associate Vice President for Research |
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| Address | Office of the Vice President for Research 604A Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-7411 |
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| Phone | 706 542-3739 | |
| FAX | 706 542-5901 | |
| scott@chem.uga.edu | ||
| COS Profile | http://myprofile.cos.com/scottr03 | |
| Birthdate | 1953.04.25 | |
| Birthplace | Dixon, IL USA | |
| Principal Research Interests |
| Principal research interests involve biochemical and biophysical measurements and post-genomic approaches to the study of systems of importance in environmental sciences, biomedicine, and bioenergy. We use x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) in the elucidation of structural details of metalloprotein active sites. We study regulatory transcription factors and their protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. We apply proteomics and genomics technologies to the study of transcriptional regulatory networks in prokaryotes, currently focusing on hydrogen production in prokaryotes as an alternative fuel. |
| Education | |||
| 1979.09 - 1981.08 | PD | Chemistry | Stanford University, Stanford,
CA USA |
| 1975.05 - 1979.08 | Ph.D. | Chemistry | California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA USA Dissertation: Metalloprotein Electron Transfer. Cytochrome aa3 Reduction Kinetics and Theoretical Formulation of Distance Dependence (1980) |
| 1971.08 - 1975.04 | B.S. | Chemistry | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
IL USA Thesis: Redox Catalysis of the Hydrolysis of Phosphoester and Phosphoanhydride Bonds (1975) |
| Professional Experience | |
| 2007.07 - | Associate Vice President for Reearch, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 2006.06 - 2007.06 | Associate Director, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 2005.09 - 2006.05 | Visiting Scientist, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA |
| 2003.07 - | Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1996.07 - 2003.06 | Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1993.07 - 1996.06 | Co-director, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1991.07 - 2003.06 | Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1990.07 - 1993.06 | Associate Director, Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1987.09 - 1991.06 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1981.08 - 1987.08 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| Awards & Honors | |
| 2008.10 | Farrel W. Lytle Award, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |
| 2006.07 - 2008.06 | President (Elected), Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2004.01 | Elected Vice-Chair, 2006, and Chair, 2007, Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference |
| 2003.07 - | Distinguished Research Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 2002.10 - | Member, Teaching Academy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 1986.07 - 1988.06 | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow |
| 1985.07 - 1986.06 | Beckman Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| 1985.09 - 1990.08 | Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation |
| 1981.07 | Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| 1979.09 - 1981.08 | National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA |
| 1978.09 - 1979.08 | National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA |
| 1975.09 - 1978.08 | National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA |
| 1975.05 | Bronze Tablet, University Honors (for graduation with highest distinction in the curriculum), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| 1974.05 | Edmund J. James Scholar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| 1974.05 | Committee of Industrial Chemists Undergraduate Research Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| 1974.05 | R. C. Fuson Award, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL USA |
| Professional Service | |
| 2008.04 | Member, NIGMS/NCRR NSLS-II Life Sciences Review Panel |
| 2006.06 - | Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA |
| 2005.03 | Chair, NIH CSR Study Section BCMB-R, Bethesda, MD USA |
| 2004.07 - | Member, Proposal Review Panel, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA |
| 2004.11 | Chair, NIH CSR Study Section BPC-B, Bethesda, MD USA |
| 2004.10.20 | Member, Review Panel, APS Sector Review, BioCAT Sector 18, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL USA |
| 2004.10.11 | Member, Subcommittee of BERAC, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, US Department of Energy |
| 2004.08 - 2006.05 | Chair, Advisory Committee, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA |
| 2004.08.16-19 | Instructor, SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications in Structural Molecular Biology |
| 2004.01 - 2006.06 | Chair, Publications Committee, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2003.09.16-19 | Instructor, SSRL Summer School on Synchrotron Radiation and its Applications in Structural Molecular Biology |
| 2003.06 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory Genomes to Life Facility III Workshop, Atlanta, GA USA |
| 2003.04 | Chair, NIH CSR Study Section SSS-B, Bethesda, MD USA |
| 2003.01 - | Bioinorganic Section Editor, Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed., Wiley |
| 2001.04 | NIH Metallobiochemistry Study Section, Bethesda, MD USA |
| 1999.06 | Member, Biological Spectroscopy Review Panel, Daresbury Laboratory, UK |
| 1999.01 - 2007.12 | Editorial Advisory Board, Biochemistry |
| 1998.01 - 2001.12 | SSRL Users Organization Executive Committee, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA |
| 1997.01 - 2003.12 | Editor, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry |
| 1996.01 - 1996.12 | Associate Editor, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry |
| 1991.01 - 1996.12 | Board of Editors, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry |
| 1991.04 - 1997.03 | Member, Biophysics Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation DMB |
| 1989.01 - 1991.12 | Member, X-ray Proposal Study Panel, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
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