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Robert Scott Umans

Biochemistry and Physical Biochemistry

Office: SCI 358A
Phone: 617-353-2553
E-mail: umans@bu.edu

Office hours: By appointment

Degrees
  • B.A. in Chemistry, Columbia University
  • M.S., Yale University
  • Ph.D., Yale University
Honors
  • Election to committee of Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society, to select recipient of James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry (1996-2000, Chairman 1999-2000)
  • Boston University Nominee for Camille and Henry Dreyfuss Teacher-Scholar Award, 1972
  • National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1967-1968
  • National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow, 1963-1966
  • Sigma Xi, 1962
Teaching
  • CH 101/102 - General Chemistry
  • CH 421/422 - Biochemistry
  • CH 525 - Physical Biochemistry
Research/Activities
  • Biochemical reactions involving the roles of chemical carcinogens, steroid hormones, and growth factors in transforming normal cells to the malignant state.
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