Chemistry

Structural aspects of the mechanisms of hydrolytic metalloenzymes such as carbonic anhydrase II and Mn2+2-arginase. Structural and chemical biology of terpenoid biosynthesis and metabolism. Structural and chemical biology of arginine metabolism in cancer.

Underwood Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 2006 - 2007.

Senior Investigator Award, Sandler Program for Asthma Research, 2006 - 2009.

Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2006 - 2007.

Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1999.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1993 - 1994.

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1992 - 1994.

Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1989 - 1992.

Searle Scholar Award, Chicago Community Trust, 1989 - 1992.

Contact Information

Researcher/Clinician:
David W. Christianson

Department of Chemistry
Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Room 2001
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

Office Phone: 898-5714
Fax: 573-2201

Mailing Address:
David W. Christianson

Department of Chemistry
Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Room 2001
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

Office Phone: 898-5714
Appointment Phone: 898-5714
Fax: 573-2201