Biochemistry By the Numbers
Biochemistry has over 200 researchers, currently consisting of:
- 21 tenure trackÌýfaculty
- 1 research faculty
- 3 teaching professors
- ~75 Ph.D. students
- ~42 postdocs and scientists
- ~29Ìýtechnical staff
- 7 administrative staff
- ~400 undergraduate BiochemistryÌýmajors, many of which perform undergraduate research and some graduate withÌýHonors by completing an honors thesis
The Biochemistry faculty include:
- a Nobel Laureate
- five members of the NationalÌýAcademy of Sciences
- three Howard Hughes Investigators
Faculty Awards through the Years:
- NIH MERIT Award
- NIH CareerÌýDevelopment Award
- NSF CAREER Award
- NIH Pioneer Award
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- Pew Scholar
- Beckman Young Investigator
- Searle Scholar
- University Distinguished Professor
2010-2016 members of the Biochemistry Department published over 800 articlesÌýin scholarly journals.ÌýOverwhelmingly these papers include graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and undergraduate studentsÌýas coauthors.
The Biochemistry Department has aÌývibrant graduate program and also has two NIH-funded pre-doctoral trainingÌýprograms – one in Signal and Cellular Regulation and a second in MolecularÌýBiophysics. Approximately 60% of the recent Ph.D.s in the Department go on toÌýperform postdoctoral research and most graduates end up with a position inÌýacademia or in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
The Division alsoÌýparticipates in community education and science outreach programs, examples include:ÌýScience Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E.) andÌýPartnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community (PISEC).
