Dr. Williams

Professor David R Williams
Harry G. Day Chair in Chemistry

Education
B.S. Degree St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1970 Chemistry
Ph.D. Degree Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976 Organic Chemistry under George Buchi
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University, 1976 to 1978 Organic Chemistry under 
R.B. Woodward and E.J. Corey

Honors
Cottrell Scholar Award, 1980–1982
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1983–1987
Merck Faculty Development Award, 1996–1997
Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, 2000
Harry G. Day Chair of Chemistry, Indiana University, January 2001
Tracy M. Sonneborn Lecturer Award, January 2002
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, October 2004
2005 Edward Leete Award of the American Chemical Society, August 2005
Indiana University Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer 2007-2008

Appointments
The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1982 to 1985 – consultant.
Berlex Corporation, Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, 1986 to 1988 – consultant
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, 1987 to 1997 – consultant.
Gliatech, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, 1993 to 1995 – consultant.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994 to 1996 – consultant.
NitroMed Incorporated, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1997 to present – consultant.
Astra Zeneca R & D, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996 to 2001 – consultant.
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1999 to 2006 – consultant.
GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 2002 – consultant.
National Institutes of Health Contracts Review Committee, 1987 and 1995.
NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant Advisory Committee (Indiana University Research and Graduate Development) Continuous Member, 1986 to 1988.
NIH Med Chem B Study Section, December 1988 (special session).
NIH Med Chem A Study Section  – 1997 to 2000.
NIH NRSA Study Section, February 2002.
American Chemical Society Willard Gibbs Award Juror 2003 to present
NIH Med Chem A Study Section, October 2004.
NIH SBCA Study Section, February 2005.
Editorial Board, Analytical Chemistry Insights, July 2006
Honorary Editorial Board, Biologics:  Targets & Therapy, November 2006
American Chemical Society Leete Award Juror, 2007 – 2008
NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) of Canada
Review Board, 2007 to present

Professional Organizations
The American Chemical Society: Division of Organic Chemistry and Division of Medicinal Chemistry
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Contact Info

Address:

Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
800 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, Indiana  47405-7102

Phone(812)  855-6629
Fax:      (812)  855-8300
E-mail:     williamd@indiana.edu
Methodology publications Dr. Williams Group Members Invited Talks news and photos Frontpage Education Academic Lineage