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McKeehan Chemical Family History--275 Years of Discovery & Mentorship

 

Carl Linnaeus
University of Harderwijk, 1735
Plant biotechnology; father of biological classification (taxonomy)

Torbern Bergman
Uppsala University, 1758
Father of quantitative chemical analysis;
carbon dioxide chemistry
Bio in Swedish
Papers at U. Illinois


Johann Afzelius
Uppsala University, 1784
Isolated formic acid; chemistry of nickel


Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Stockholm University, 1802
Modern chemical formulas for reactions;
Discovered silicon, selenium, thorium, cerium, lithium, vanadium; coined term "protein"


Friedrich Wöhler
Heidelberg University, 1823
Characterized, synthesized urea; discovered/isolated beryllium, silicon; isolated yttrium, titanium 


Charles Chandler
Gottingen University, 1856
First environmental health chemist; founded American Chemical Society
Virtual Biography
Portrait Columbia U.


Albert F. Mathews
Columbia University, 1898
Chemical basis of nerve excitation


Frederick C. Koch
University of Chicago, 1912
Discoverer of male sex hormone testosterone
Gallagher & Koch (1929) The Testicular Hormone, J. Biol. Chem. 84:495
Koch (1937) The Male Sex Hormones Phys. Rev. 17: 153


Roger J. Williams
University of Chicago, 1919
Discovered pantothenic acid; isolated and characterized folic acid; nutritional education


Herschel Mitchell
University of Texas, 1941
Personal Interview, 1997


Boyd Hardesty
California Institute of Technology, 1961

Wallace L. McKeehan
University of Texas, 1970

Patricia Fritz (MS), SUNY-Plattsburgh, 1979

Jinzhao (Jay) Hou, Clarkson U., 1992
Manager, Molecular Biology Section
Metabasis, Inc.
San Diego, CA

Guochen (Gordon) Yan, Clarkson U., 1992
Cofounder & CEO
Biovision, Inc.
Mountainview, CA

Ergang Shi, Clarkson U., 1993
Senior Scientist
Protein Science Dept.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Tarrytown, NY

Jianming Xu, Clarkson U., 1994
Associate Professor
Dept. Molecular & Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Fen Wang, Clarkson U., 1994
Associate Professor
IBT, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

Shuju Feng, Kunming Inst. Zoology, 1994
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Jun-Hyeog Jang, Texas A&M, 1997
Associate Professor & Dept. Head
Dept. of Biochemistry
Inha University College of Medicine
Incheon, Korea

Weiqin Lu (MS), U. Texas-Houston, 1999
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Molecular Pathology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Richard Jones, Texas A&M, 2000
Assistant Professor
Ben May Institute for Cancer Research
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Xiaochong Wu (MS), U. Texas-Houston, 2002
Research Scientist
Developmental Biol. Research Program
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada

Chundong Yu, U. Texas-Houston, 2002
Professor
Dept. Biology
School of Life Sciences
Xiamen University, Xiamen, PRC

Yongde Luo, Texas A&M, 2005
Research Scientist
Glycobiology, Proteomics & Nanotech Program
IBT, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX

Tijuana Moss (MS), Texas A&M, 2006
Research Associate
Meso Scale Discovery
Gaithersburg, MD

Xinqiang Huang, Texas A&M, 2006
Research Associate
Dept. Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Dongdong Cao (MS), Texas A&M, 2007
Research Technician
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX