About Uttam

Uttam K. Tambar
Assistant Professor
W. W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Office: L3.200
Phone: (214) 648-0580
Fax: (214) 648-8856
Email: uttam.tambar@utsouthwestern.edu
Mailing Address:
Biochemistry Department
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390
Educational Experience:
- A.B. Magna Cum Laude in Chemistry & Physics, Harvard University 2000 (Cynthia Friend and Stuart Schreiber)
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology 2006 (Brian Stoltz)
- NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University 2006-2009 (James Leighton)
Honors and Awards:
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-2009)
- 2008 Stereochemistry GRC Chair’s Award for Exceptional Accomplishments in Chemistry
- American Chemical Society Travel Grant from Division of Medicinal Chemistry (2008)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2001-2004)
- Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Research Fellowship Grant (2001-2002)
- John Harvard Scholar (1997, 1998, 1999)
- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Grant for Undergraduate Research (1999)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Undergraduate Research (1998)
- Harvard College Research Program Award (1998, 1999, 2000)
