Honors and Awards

Celebrate the achievements of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry's faculty and staff members during their time with the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

International honors and awards

Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

2019: Michael Keiser, PhD
Collaborative Science Award: Steven Altschuler, PhD; Lani Wu, PhD

Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, Protein Society

2021: Lei Wang, PhD

2016: Charles S. Craik, PhD

Hans Neurath Award, Protein Society

2003: James Wells, PhD

Breakthrough Science Initiative Award, Ono Pharma Foundation

2018: Michelle Arkin, PhD

Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

2018: Ian Seiple, PhD

R.T. Williams Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics

2007: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD

Stein and Moore Award, Protein Society

2015: William DeGrado, PhD

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award

2019: Ian Seiple, PhD

National honors and awards

NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health

2020: Seth Shipman, PhD

2013: Zev Gartner, PhD

2012: Xiaokun Shu, PhD

2011: Bo Huang, PhD

2008: Lei Wang, PhD

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2016: Brian Shoichet, PhD

Amgen Foundation Scholars Program

2021: Ian Seiple

Beckman Young Investigator Program, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2021: Balyn Zaro, PhD

2018: Ian Seiple, PhD

Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

1994: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, Phd

Camille Dryfus Teacher Scholar Award

2021: Ian Seiple, PhD

Early Career Life Scientist Award, American Society for Cell Biology

2016: Bo Huang, PhD

Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, Biopolymers peer-review papers publisher

2017: William DeGrado, PhD

Pew Biomedical Scholar

2018
Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD
Brian Shoichet, PhD

The R. Bruce Merrifield Award, American Peptide Society

2003: William DeGrado, PhD

Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry, American Chemical Society

2008: William DeGrado, PhD

Searle Scholar, Kinship Foundation

2019: Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

2011: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD

2010: Bo Huang, PhD

2006: Lei Wang, PhD

Smissman Award in Medicinal Chemistry, American Cancer Society

2011: James Wells, PhD

Volwiler Research Achievement Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

2006: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD

2003: Tack Kuntz, PhD

1981: Eugene C. Jorgensen, PhD

State and regional honors and awards

Biohub Investigator Program, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

The CZ Biohub Investigator Program funds research by world-renowned scientists, engineers, and technologists from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.

2022: Zev Gartner, PhD; Bo Huang, PhD; Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

2017: Zev Gartner, PhD; Bo Huang, PhD; Jason Sello, PhD; Jim Wells, PhD

Medical Research Grant, W. M. Keck Foundation

2020: Danica Galonić Fujimori

UCSF awards

Bowes Biomedical Investigator Award

2020: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD

Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science

2020: Ian Seiple, PhD

2018: Bo Huang, PhD

2017: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD

Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership

2019: Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah (Student)

UCSF Medal

2018: Peter Andrew Kollman, PhD; Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, PhD; Robert Langridge, PhD

1976: Troy C. Daniels, PhD

School of Pharmacy awards

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation

2022: Emma Gunderson

2021: Markella Konstantinidou, PhD; Matthew McCarroll, PhD

2020: Jason Gestwicki, PhD; Lei Wang, PhD; Balyn Zaro, PhD

2019: Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD; Zev Gartner, PhD

2015: Pamela England, PhD; Matt Jacobson, PhD

Innovation in Education Award

2015

Jaekyu Shin, PharmD

Matt Jacobson, PhD

International fellows and members

Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow

2018: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD

National fellows and members

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member

2017: Charles S. Craik, PhD

2015: James Wells, PhD

1998: William DeGrado, PhD

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

2020: Walter Moos, PhD

2012: Jason Gestwicki, PhD

2011: Charles S. Craik, PhD

1995: William DeGrado, PhD

1995: Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, PhD

1990: Al Burlingame, PhD

1989: Ching Chung "C. C." Wang, PhD

1988: Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD

National Academy of Inventors, Fellow