Douglas A. Mitchell | |
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| Born | (1980-02-22)February 22, 1980 (age 45) |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Biology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Marletta |
Douglas A. Mitchell is a professor of chemistry at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Microbiology and is a faculty member of theCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.[1] His research focuses on thechemical biology ofnatural products. He is known mainly for his work on the biosynthetic enzymology ofribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) and genome-guided natural product discovery.[2]
Mitchell was born in western Pennsylvania and obtained his B.S. in chemistry fromCarnegie Mellon University in 2002. He obtained his PhD in 2006 from theUniversity of California, Berkeley and worked withMichael Marletta on thenitric oxide-dependentpost-translational modifications of proteins. For postdoctoral studies, he worked with Jack Dixon at theUniversity of California, San Diego and pursued the study of Streptococcal toxin biosynthesis. In 2009, he began his independent career at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as an assistant professor of chemistry. In 2015, he was promoted to associate professor with tenure.
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