Thomas Lab
DDTCV

DAVID D. THOMAS

Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-0957 (office), 624-0632 (fax)

e-mail: ddt_at_umn_edu

http://ddt.biochem.umn.edu 

 

Education

1971             B.S.    Stanford University - Physics

1975             Ph.D.   Stanford University (H. McConnell) - Biophysics

 

Post-Graduate Education

1976-77        Postdoctoral Fellow             BBRI, Harvard Medical School (J. Gergely)

1977-79        Postdoctoral Fellow             Stanford University (L. Stryer)

 

Academic Appointments

1979-83        Assistant Professor             University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry

1983-87        Associate Professor            University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry

1987-           Professor                          University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry

1995-98        Associate Dept. Head          University of Minnesota Dept. of Biochemistry

1998-           Head, Division of Structural Biology and Biophysics

2004-           William F. Dietrich Professor

 

Professional Affiliations

1976-           Biophysical Society

1981-           American Heart Association Council

1982-           American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

National Professional Responsibilities

1983-           Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal

1984-86        Chair, Contractility Subgroup, Biophysical Society

1984-92        American Heart Association Research Committee

1984-           NIH Study Section (BBCB) and site visits

1985-98        Associate Editor, Biophysical Journal

1989-94        Organizer, FASEB Conference on Cell Membranes

1989-93        Council, Biophysical Society

1992-94        NSF Advisory Panel, Biophysics Program

1996-7          NSF Biological Instrumentation Panel

1997             Organizer, US/Japan Symposium on Actin, Maui

2011             Chair, Gordon Conference on Muscle

 

Honors and Awards

1967-1971     Alfred P. Sloane Scholarship

1968             Outstanding Freshman Award, Stanford University

1971             Outstanding Student-Athlete Award, PAC 8

1971             NCAA All American, Wrestling

1971-1973     NSF Predoctoral Fellowship

1974             Kent Fellowship, Danforth Foundation

1975             Josephine de Karman Fellowship

1976-1977     Muscular Dystrophy Association Postdoctoral Fellowship

1977-1979     Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship

1981-1982     NIH Research Career Development Award

1982-1987     Established Investigator, American Heart Association

1987             Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Japan

1993-           NIH MERIT Award

2000             All-University Teaching Award

2004             William F. Dietrich Professor

2005             Fellow of the Biophysical Society

 

Current Teaching

Biophysical Spectroscopy and Kinetics (course director 30 lectures)

Muscle (course director, 10 lectures)

 

Physical Facilities

Office                               5-124 Basic Sciences and Biomedical Engineering            200 s.f.

Wet Laboratory                  5th floor BSBE                                                          2,600 s.f.

Spectroscopy Lab               1st floor BSBE (Core Lab)                                           2,400 s.f.

 

Graduate and Postdoctoral Supervision (1980-present):

9 MS, 28 PhD, 18 postdoctoral

last modified on 04/29/2008