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Jonathan Ellman, PhD

Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology
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Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology

Biography

Jon was born and raised near Los Angeles and received his B.S. degree at MIT and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley and subsequently joined the faculty at the same institution. Prior to coming to Yale University, he was Professor in the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and jointly held a faculty position in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UC San Francisco. He has published more than 290 research articles on the application of chemistry to biomedical research.

Appointments

  • Chemistry

    Professor
    Fully Joint

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California at Berkeley (1992)
PhD
Harvard University, Chemistry (1989)
BS
MIT, Chemistry (1984)

Research

Overview

For a detailed research description please look at my group website: https://ellman.chem.yale.edu/

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Chemicals and Drugs

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jonathan Ellman's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • honor

    Yale Dylan Hixon ’88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences

  • honor

    Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods

  • honor

    GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award

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    Pedler Award

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