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Martin D. Burke
AwardsBeckman Young Investigators Award[1]
Nobel Laureate Signature Award[2]
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Websitehttp://www.chemistry.illinois.edu/faculty/Martin_Burke.html

Martin D. Burke is May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[3] and associate dean for research in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.[4] His research has involved the development of antifungal treatments for cystic fibrosis,[5] and the development of a COVID-19 test that the University of Illinois has used over one million times.[6]

Education and career

Burke majored in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1998, and earned a Ph.D. and M.D. at Harvard University in 2003 and 2005 respectively. He joined the Department of Chemistry in 2005 as assistant professor, became full professor in 2014, and became associate dean in 2018.[4][7]

Recognition

Burke was named a Beckman Foundation Young Investigator in 2008.[1][4] In 2013 the American Chemical Society gave him their Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator,[4] and in 2017 they gave him their Nobel Laureate Signature Award in Graduate Education in Chemistry.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Martin D. Burke". Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/nobel-laureate-signature-award-for-graduate-education-in-chemistry.html
  3. ^ "Chemistry faculty". University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  5. ^ Service, Robert (March 2019). "Antifungal drug could help cystic fibrosis patients for whom common treatments don't work". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aax3254.
  6. ^ "University of Illinois System completes 1 million COVID-19 tests". WAND TV. December 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "University of Illinois Board of Trustees, Promotions recommended to be effective at the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year" (PDF).