About me/us (Hobbies, interests, life philosophy, etc.) :
BS degree from Harvey Mudd College in Chemistry; PhD from University of Washington in Physical Chemistry; Myron C Bantrell Research Fellow in Chemical Catalysis, Director of X-ray Laboratories, and Deputy Master of Student Houses at Caltech, 1980-86; Research Fellow (Biochemistry) and Director, Structure Determination Lab (Chemistry), University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1986-1991; Manager, Molecular Structure Corporation, The Woodlands, TX, 1991-1995; Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, and Berkeley National Lab, 1995-2000; Visiting Scholar, Scripps Research Institute (Molecular Biology), Director, Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics, 1994-2000; Co-founder and Consultant, Syrrx, Inc, 1998-2008 (sold to Takeda, $300M); Research Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Director, URM Research Initiatives, Graduate College, Office of Vice Chancellor for Research.