Born: June 28, 1945, Boston, Massachusetts
Address: 164-30 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
Electronic Mail: dervan@caltech.edu
Education
1967 B.S., Chemistry; Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
1972 Ph.D., Chemistry; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Professional Chronology
Stanford University1973 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow
California Institute of Technology
1973 Assistant Professor of Chemistry
1979 Associate Professor of Chemistry
1982 Professor of Chemistry
1988- Bren Professor of Chemistry
1994-99 Chairman, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Awards
1972 Wolfgang Prize for Distinguished Graduate Studies, Yale University
1977 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
1978 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar
1983 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
1985 ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry
1986 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
1986 Member, National Academy of Sciences
1988 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1988 Harrison Howe Award
1993 Arthur C. Cope Award
1993 Willard Gibbs Medal
1994 Nichols Medal
1996 Maison de la Chimie Foundation Prize
1997 Member, Institute of Medicine, NAS
1998 Remsen Award
1998 Kirkwood Medal
1999 Alfred Bader Award
1999 Max Tishler Prize
1999 Linus Pauling Award
Visiting Professorships
1983 Visiting Professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich
1987 T. Y. Shen Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1988 Morris S. Kharasch Visiting Professor, University of Chicago
1989 Alexander Todd Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, England
1990 Walker-Ames Visiting Professor, University of Washington
1993 Rolf Sammet Visiting Professor, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt
1994 Smets Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain and Katholiek Universiteit van Leuven, Belgium
1998 Wellcome Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Honorary Degrees
1997 Dr. Sci., Boston College
Editorial Advisory Boards
1981-85 The Journal of Organic Chemistry
1983- Bioorganic Chemistry
1984-89 Chemical Reviews
1986-88 Nucleic Acids Research
1986-92 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1987-89 Accounts of Chemical Research
1988-89 Catalysis Letters
1989- Bioconjugate Chemistry
1991-93 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
1992- Tetrahedron
1993- Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
1997- Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development
1999- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Committees/National Service
1982 Member, Organizing Committee, Nineteenth Reaction Mechanisms Conference
1984-85 Co-organizer, NSF Workshop on Reactive Intermediates
1985 Member, Advisory Panel for Chemistry of Life Sciences, NSF
1986-88 Member, Advisory Committee for Chemistry, NSF
1988-89 Chairman, Advisory Committee for Chemistry, NSF
1988-90 Member, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, NRC
1991-94 Chairman, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, NRC
1991-94 Member, Council of the Gordon Research Conferences
1992-94 Member, Advisory Board, Chemical & Engineering News
1994-96 Member, Class I Membership Committee, NAS
1997 Member, Nominating Committee, NAS
Teaching
1980 Associated Students of California Institute of Technology 4th Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching
1981 Associated Students of California Institute of Technology 5th Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching