Andrew D. Hamilton, Ph.D.

President of New York University

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