David M. Chenoweth
Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-Present
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2017
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, 2013-Present
Bioengineering Graduate Group, 2013-Present
NIH Postdoctoral Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Timothy M. Swager), 2009-2010
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (Peter B. Dervan), 2009
B.S., Indiana Univ.–Purdue Univ. Indianapolis, 1999
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Chemistry (faculty profile), University of Pennsylvania, 2017-Present
- Scientific Advisory Board, Arrakis Therapeutics, 2016-Present
- Assistant Professor of Chemistry (faculty profile), University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2017
- NIH Post-doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009-2010
- Organic Chemist, Eli Lilly & Company, Neuroscience Discovery Chemistry Research, 2000-2003
- Organic Chemist, Dow Agrosciences, Insect Management Chemistry, 2000
Honors & Awards
- Ruth L. Kirschstein (NRSA, NIH) Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2009
- Caltech Herbert Newby McCoy Thesis Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chemistry, 2009
- Kanel Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 2007-2009
- ACS Analytical Chemistry Award, 1998
- Scott-Allen Kent Memorial Scholarship, 1998
- Loren T. Jones Research Scholarship, 1998
David was born in Indiana and received his B.S. degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 1999. During his time at IUPUI, he performed undergraduate research with Professor David Nurok working on a new chromatographic instrument for planar electrochromatography. After graduation, he completed an internship in organic chemistry at Dow AgroSciences prior to joining the Discovery Chemistry Research department at Eli Lilly in 2000. While working with Dr. Thomas Britton at Eli Lilly, David developed a passion for organic chemistry and headed to Caltech in 2003 to pursue a Ph.D. degree. In Professor Peter B. Dervan's group, he worked on synthetic, biological, and structural studies of DNA minor-groove binding polyamides. David received the Caltech Chemistry Department's Herbert Newby McCoy Ph.D. thesis award for outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry. After graduation in 2009, he moved to MIT to work with Professor Timothy Swager as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow focusing on the synthesis of new materials for chemical sensing. David was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in 2011, in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group in the Perelman School of Medicine in 2013, and in the Bioengineering Graduate Group in the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2013. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2017
Group Ancestry:
Scientific geneology
