About Uttam

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)