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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Chemistry Biology Medicine Biochemistry Chemical Biology Medicinal Chemistry Organic Chemistry Catalysis

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Mark D. Distefano is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Distinguished University Teaching Professor of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He earned a B.A. in Biochemistry and Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989, and completed postdoctoral training in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology from 1989 to 1992. Distefano joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 1992 as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, advanced to Associate Professor in 1998, and was promoted to Professor in 2009. He served as Director of Graduate Studies in Chemistry from 2003 to 2006 and maintains memberships in the University of Minnesota Biotechnology Institute since 2005, Cancer Center since 1995, Medicinal Chemistry Graduate Program since 2006, and Microbial Biotechnology Graduate Program since 2005. He has also held visiting scientist positions at Harvard Medical School and Genentech Corporation.