Andrew D. Hamilton, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2009-2016 Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University; Professor of Organic Chemistry, Oxford University.
  • 2004-2008 Provost, Yale University; Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry, Yale University.
  • 2003-2004 Deputy Provost for Science and Technology, Yale University.
  • 1999-2003 Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Yale University.
  • 1998-2009 Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University.
  • 1997-2004 Irénée duPont Professor of Chemistry, Yale University.
  • 1994-1997 Chair of the Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
  • 1992-1997 Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
  • 1988-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
  • 1981-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University.
  • 1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.
  • 1980 Ph.D., Cambridge University.
  • 1976 MSc, University of British Columbia.
  • 1974 BSc, Exeter University.

Honors

  • 2011 International Izatt Christiansen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry.
  • 2010 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • 2004 Fellow of the Royal Society, elected May; Howard Lecturer, Sydney Chemical Society.
  • 2003 Project of the Year, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Geneva; Frontiers in Chemistry Lecturer, Texas A&M.
  • 2002 Bender Lecturer, Northwestern University; Raymond N. Castle Student Conference Lecturer, University of South Florida; Gustavson Lecturer, University of Denver.
  • 2001 Iddles Lecturer, University of New Hampshire; MIKI Plenary Lecturer, University of Minnesota.
  • 2000 Boehringer Ingelheim Distinguished Lecturer, Colorado State University.
  • 1999 Karcher Lecturer, University of Oklahoma; Friedman Lecturer, Rutgers University, Newark; Mary E. Knapp Award Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University; Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society.

Research Interests

Bioorganic Chemistry
Design of Artificial Enzymes
Host-Guest Chemistry
New Approaches in Combinatorial Chemistry
Protein Stabilization and Recognition
Signal Trasduction in Cellular Biochemistry
Novel Strategies in Drug Design

Books

A. D. Hamilton and C. S. Wilcoz, editors.
Molecular Design and Bioorganic Catalysis.
Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1996.

A. D. Hamilton, editor.
Supramolecular Control of Structure and Reactivity. 
John Wiley, Chichester, 1996.

S. M. Sebti and A. D. Hamilton, editors.
Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy. 
Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2000.

T. Schrader and A. D. Hamilton, editors.
Functional Synthetic Receptors. 
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.

J. Luccarelli, S. Thompson, and A. D. Hamilton
Protein-Protein Interactions in Drug Discovery.
Chapter 6. SH3 Domains as Drug Targets
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2013. 
DOI: 10.1002/9783527648207.ch6