Biography
J. Herbert Waite
Professor
Ph.D., Duke University, 1976
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department: Cell & Developmental Biology Department
Address: Marine Biotechnology Building
Email:
waite@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Homepage:
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/mcdb/faculty/waite/
Phone: 805-893-2817
Fax: 805-893-7998
Research Statement:
The research activities of Waite include the molecular, structural and mechanical characterization of self-assembling and self-healing protein materials in nature. These materials include marine adhesives, byssal fibers, egg capsules and invertebrate jaws. In recent years, his work has mainly focused on the mechanism by which the coordination compounds formed between amino acid side chains and transition metals serve as reversible, surrogate cross-linking agents in proteins.
Education:
| 1967-71 | A.B., Biology (with honors), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 1972-76 | Ph.D., Biochemistry/Zoology, Duke University, Durham, NC |
Positions:
| 1998- | Professor, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Department, Biomolecular Science & Engineering Program & Marine Science Institute, UCSB |
| 1992-98 | Professor, College of Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
| 1986-91 | Assoc. Prof., College of Marine Studies, Univ. of Delaware, DE |
| 1982-85 | Assoc. Prof., Departments of Biochemistry and Orthopaedics, Univ. Connecticut, CT |
| 1981-82 | NIH Fellow, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT |
| 1979-80 | NRC Fellow, York University, Toronto, Canada |
| 1976-78 | Postdoctoral Fellow, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Selected Honors:
- Harrington Professorship, College of Marine Studies, Univ. Delaware (1998)
- US Public Health Service Individual Fellowship Award (1980)
- National Science Foundation-NATO Fellow (1976-78)
- John Harvard Scholar (1970)
