Jeffrey S. Kieft, Ph.D.

Educational Background

August 1986 - B.S., Chemistry
May 1990 United States Military Academy, West Point

August 1993 - Ph.D., Chemistry
December 1997 University of California, Berkeley

Research Experience

August 1989 - Undergraduate Researcher
May 1990 Dept. of Chemistry, United States Military Academy, West Point
Professor John P. Scovill
Project: Synthesis of novel transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazone ligands as possible antiviral agents.

August 1993 - Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Student
December 1997 Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.
Project: Structure of catalytic RNAs and RNA-metal ion complexes using
nuclear magnetic resonance.

January 1998 - Postdoctoral Associate
September 2001 Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University
Professor Jennifer A. Doudna
Project: Structure, function, and translation initiation mechanism of the hepatitis C virus internal ribosome entry site.

September 2002 - Assistant Professor
Present Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado