TIMOTHY JOHN DEMING

Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles
420 Westwood Plaza
7523 Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
ph. (310) 267-4450
Fax (310) 794-5956
demingt@seas.ucla.edu

Research Interests

Polymer and materials synthesis. Biomedical applications of polypeptide materials. Emphasis on application of chemical principles toward these ends as well as the use of biological precedents and strategies for the design of new materials. Research in the Deming group is focused around new, practical chemical routes for the synthesis of biological and bio-mimetic materials. These materials are being studied since they can be prepared from renewable resouces, they can be biocompatible and biodegradable, and often possess excellent physical properties. We are utilizing modern principles and techniques of chemistry and biology as the means to achieve our goal of synthetic materials with superior properties. This interdisciplinary approach stimulates innovations and ideas which direct these fields into new, exciting areas.

Education

8/89 - 10/93 University of California Berkeley, CA

Ph.D. in Chemistry. Research encompassing polymer synthesis using organometallic catalysis, elucidation of polymerization mechanisms, and physical properties of helical macromolecules. Ph.D. thesis research with Dr. Bruce M. Novak.

9/85 - 6/89 University of California Irvine, CA

B.S. in Chemistry. Magna Cum Laude. Undergraduate research with Dr. William J. Evans, 6/87 - 6/89. Research activities involved exploration and expansion of the chemistry of cerium(IV) through synthesis of alkoxide and organometallic complexes.

Work Experience

 
7/06 – Present Chair, Bioengineering Department and Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental 
 Program, University of California, Los Angeles.
 
7/04 – Present Professor, Bioengineering and Chemistry Departments,
 University of California, Los Angeles.

7/03 - 6/04 Professor, Materials and Chemistry Departments, University of

California, Santa Barbara.

7/99 - 6/03 Associate Professor, Materials and Chemistry Departments, University

of California, Santa Barbara.

2/96 - 6/99 Assistant Professor. Materials and Chemistry Departments.

University of California, Santa Barbara

3/95 - 1/96 Assistant Professor. Materials Department. University of

California, Santa Barbara

11/93 - 3/95 Postdoctoral research associate with Professor David A.

Tirrell. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Awards and Honors

IUPAC Macromolecular Division, Samsung-IUPAC Young Scientist Award (World Polymer Congress 2004)
MRS Young Investigator Award 2003
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar 2000
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award 1999
Beckman Young Investigator Award 1998-2000
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1998-2000
National Science Foundation CAREER Award 1997-2001
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 1996-1999
University of California, Regents Junior Faculty Fellow 1996
ACS Unilever Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry 1994
NIH National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow 1993 - 1995

Some Personal Info

When Tim is not thinking about science he is likely to be riding the trails or in the Sierras

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