Biological Chemistry

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List of Professors

Name	Years at Michigan	Position
Henry Charles Eckstein	1926 - 1960	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Walter David Block	1934 - 1982	Professor Emeritus of Human Nutrition
Makepeace Uho Tsao	1947 - 1967	Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Joseph Paton Chandler	1948 - 1969	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Merle Mason	1950 - 1984	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Melvin Levine	1950 - 1966	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Richard Louis Potter	1950 - 1960	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Isadore A Bernstein	1953 - 1990	Professor of Biological Chemistry Professor of Environmental & Industrial Health
Thomas R. Riggs	1955 - 1986	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Halvor N. Christensen	1955 - 1986	Professor of Biological Chemistry Chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry
Minor J. Coon	1955 - 2002	Victor C. Vaughan Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry
Wil liam G Robinson Jr	1955	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Paul A. Srere	1956 - 1963	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Eugene E. Dekker	1956 - 1994	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Saul Roseman	1956 - 1965	Professor of Biological Chemistry
G. Robert Greenberg	1957 - 1988	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Dale L. Oxender	1958 - 1993	Professor of Biological Chemistry
William Edward Mitchell Lands	1958 - 1980	Professor of Biological Chemistry
David Aminoff	1960 - 1999	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Amiya K. Hajra	1960 - 2007	Professor of Biological Chemistry Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
J. Sri Ram	1961 - 1965	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Bruce Levenberg	1961 - 1970	Professor of Biological Chemistry
George W. Jourdian	1961 - 2000	Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Biological Chemistry
Anita H. Payne	1961 - 1996	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Gordon L. Nordby	1962 - 1994	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Margaret J. Hunter	1962 - 1989	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Vincent Massey	1963 - 2002	Vincent J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry
Charles H. Williams Jr.	1963 - 2005	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Robert Zand	1963 - 2012	Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering Research Scientist & Adjunct Professor of Biophysics Professor of Biological Chemistry
Jules A. Shafer	1964 - 1991	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Donald E. Hultquist	1964 - 2001	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Howard L. Elford	1964	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Irwin J. Goldstein	1965 - 1999	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Paul A Weinhold	1965 - 2012	Professor of Biological chemistry
Prasanta K. Datta	1966 - 1998	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Martha L. Ludwig	1967 - 2006	J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry
Dominic D. Dziewiatkowski	1967 - 1985	Professor of Dentistry, Biological Chemistry
Frederic L. Hoch	1967 - 1987	Professor of Internal Medicine and of Biological Chemistry.
Robert Lee Armstrong	1968	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Fedor Medzihradsky	1969 - 1998	Professor of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
Harvey J. Whitfield	1970 - 1984	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Alan R. Price	1970 - 1987	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Daisy S. McCann	1970 - 1994	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
K.M. Jairam Menon	1970 - 2019	Professor of Biological Chemistry
David P. Ballou	1972 - 2014	Professor of Biological Chemistry
William R. Folk	1973 - 1984	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Rowena Matthews	1974 - 2007	Professor of Biological Chemistry & Chemistry Research Professor
Herbert P. Schweizer	1975 - 1986	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Harry G. Rittenhouse	1975 - 1978	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
William N. Kelley	1975 - 1989	John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Biological Chemistry Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Donald A. Chambers	1975 - 1979	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
William N. Kelley	1975 - 1989	John G. Searle Professor of Internal Medicine Professor of Biological Chemistry and Internal Medicine Chair of Department of Internal Medicine
Irving H. Fox	1976	Professor of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Ronald E. White	1977 - 1979	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Jess G. Thoene	1977 - 1999	Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Peter E. Doddona	1977 - 1985	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry and Internal Medicine
Dennis R. Koop	1981 - 1986	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Russell Hille	1981 - 1985	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Richard C. Adelman	1982 - 2000	Professor of Biological Chemistry Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology Director of the Institute of Gerontology
Devendra R. Deshmukh	1983 - 1988	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry Lecturer in Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
David R. Engelke	1983 - 2015	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Ari Gafni	1983 - 2017	Professor of Biophysics, LSA Professor of Biological Chemistry, Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology
Syend O. Freytag	1984 - 1989	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
James M. Wilson	1986 - 1993	Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Biological Chemistry
Todd D. Porter	1986 - 1991	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Mariam L. Greenberg	1986 - 1992	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Gerhard E. Wagner	1987 - 1990	Professor of Physics Professor of Biological Chemistry
Dennis J. Thiele	1987 - 2003	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Susan M. Miller	1987 - 1991	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Michael A. Marletta	1987 - 2005	John Gideon Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy
Geneva M. Omann	1987 - 2004	Associate Professor of Surgery & Biological Chemistry
Gary J. Nabel	1987 - 2004	Professor of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Professor of Biological Chemistry
Xinxin Ding	1989 - 1994	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Jack E. Dixon	1990 - 2003	Minor J. Coon Professor of Biological Chemistry Chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry
Mark A. Saper	1990 - 2021	Associate Professor of Biophysics Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Philip C. Andrews	1990 - 2022	Professor of Biological Chemistry, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics - Medical School Research Professor, Biological Chemistry-Medical School Professor of Chemistry-LSA
Ruthann Nichols	1990 - 2023	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Claudia M. Kent	1991 - 2003	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Kunliang Guan	1991 - 2007	Havor N. Christensen Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Kevin M. Walton	1992	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
James A. Peliska	1993 - 2001	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Siego Izumo	1993 - 1997	Professor of Internal Medicine, Biological Chemistry
Alexander Ninfa	1993 - 2021	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Ronald Taussig	1994 - 2001	Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
James R. Gaut	1994	Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Roland Kwok	1998 - 2022	Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Carol A. Fierke	1999 - 2017	Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics Professor of Biological Chemistry Dean of Horace H Rackham School of Graduate Studies
William L. Smith	2003 - 2016	Professor of Biological Chemistry
Ming Lei	2004 - 2015	Associate Professor
Matthew A Young	2005 - 2011	Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
John J. G. Tesmer	2005 - 2018	Cyrus Levinthal Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences Professor of Biological Chemistry
Georgios Skiniotis	2009 - 2017	Jack B. Dixon Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry Associate Professor of Biophysics

Biological Chemistry

List of Professors

Henry Charles Eckstein

Walter David Block

Makepeace Uho Tsao

Joseph Paton Chandler

Merle Mason

Melvin Levine

Richard Louis Potter

Isadore A Bernstein

Thomas R. Riggs

Halvor N. Christensen

Minor J. Coon

Wil liam G Robinson Jr

Paul A. Srere

Eugene E. Dekker

Saul Roseman

G. Robert Greenberg

Dale L. Oxender

William Edward Mitchell Lands

David Aminoff

Amiya K. Hajra

J. Sri Ram

Bruce Levenberg

George W. Jourdian

Anita H. Payne

Gordon L. Nordby

Margaret J. Hunter

Vincent Massey

Charles H. Williams Jr.

Robert Zand

Jules A. Shafer

Donald E. Hultquist

Howard L. Elford

Irwin J. Goldstein

Paul A Weinhold

Prasanta K. Datta

Martha L. Ludwig

Dominic D. Dziewiatkowski

Frederic L. Hoch

Robert Lee Armstrong

Fedor Medzihradsky

Harvey J. Whitfield

Alan R. Price

Daisy S. McCann

K.M. Jairam Menon

David P. Ballou

William R. Folk

Rowena Matthews

Herbert P. Schweizer

Harry G. Rittenhouse

William N. Kelley

Donald A. Chambers

William N. Kelley

Irving H. Fox

Ronald E. White

Jess G. Thoene

Peter E. Doddona

Dennis R. Koop

Russell Hille

Richard C. Adelman

Devendra R. Deshmukh

David R. Engelke

Ari Gafni

Syend O. Freytag

James M. Wilson

Todd D. Porter

Mariam L. Greenberg

Gerhard E. Wagner

Dennis J. Thiele

Susan M. Miller

Michael A. Marletta

Geneva M. Omann

Gary J. Nabel

Xinxin Ding

Jack E. Dixon

Mark A. Saper

Philip C. Andrews

Ruthann Nichols

Claudia M. Kent

Richard Louis Potter 

Wil liam G Robinson Jr