| PERSONAL DATA | |||
| Born: | April 15, 1963; Suffern, New York | ||
| Citizenship: | U.S.A. and Canada (dual) | ||
| Address: | The University of British Columbia
Department of Chemistry 2036 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z1 |
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| Telephone: | (604) 822-9453 (Office); (604) 822-9528 (Lab) | ||
| E-mail: | mtanner@chem.ubc.ca
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| EDUCATION | |||
| 11/90-7/92 | Harvard University, Cambridge
Postdoctoral Researcher Research Director: Prof. Jeremy R. Knowles
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| 9/85-10/90 | University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry awarded 10/90 Research Director: Prof. Donald J. Cram
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| 9/81-5/85 | University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
B.S. Chemistry awarded 5/85, with Departmental Honors
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| HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS | |||
| 2015-18 | Member of the NSERC Discovery Grants Program, 1501-Genes, Cells and Molecules Evaluation Group | ||
| 2013 | JSPS Fellowship, University of Tokyo (Abe lab) | ||
| 2010 | Bernard Belleau Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry | ||
| 2007-09 | Member of the Executive Committee of the ACS Division of Biological Chemistry | ||
| 2005 | Co-Chair of the 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes, and Metabolic Pathways
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| 2004 | Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research Lecture Award | ||
| 2004-06 | Member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | ||
| 2003 | UBC Faculty of Science Achievement Award for Research | ||
| 2003-present | Editorial Board Member for Bioorganic Chemistry (Elsevier) | ||
| 1998-99 | Chair of the Biological/Medicinal Chemistry Division of the CSC | ||
| 1997 | Bio-Méga/Boehringer Ingelheim Young Investigator Award for Organic Chemistry | ||
| 1990-1992 | NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship | ||
| 1990 | NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined) | ||
| 1985 | Dean’s Silver Medal in Science; University of Alberta | ||
| 1985 | NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (declined) | ||
| EXPERIENCE | |||
| Professor | 7/03-present | ||
| Associate Professor | 7/98-6/03 | ||
| Assistant Professor | The University of British Columbia | 8/92-6/98 | |
| Running a research group in the field of mechanistic enzymology and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. | |||
| Postdoctoral Researcher | Harvard University, Cambridge | 11/90-7/92 | |
| Research Director: Prof. Jeremy R. Knowles | |||
| Studied the mechanistic enzymology of glutamate racemase. | |||
| Research Assistant | University of California, Los Angeles | 8/85-10/90 | |
| Research Director: Prof. Donald J. Cram | |||
| Studied molecular recognition and entrapment. Characterized entrapped cyclobutadiene at room temperature. | |||