Matt Jacobson, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
School of Pharmacy

matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu

Dr. Jacobson’s research interests are in the area of computational structural biology and computer-aided drug design.

Awards

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  • UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean’s Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, 2006
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2004
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2004
  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics, 2000-2002
  • Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate “Team Publication of the Year Award”, 2000
  • EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, U.K.) Visiting Fellow, 1999-2000
  • Fannie and John Hertz Fellow, 1998-1999
  • Rao Prize, for “outstanding student talk” at the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, Ohio State University, 1997
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, 1995-1998
  • American Institute of Chemists Graduation Award, Stanford University, 1993
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1993
  • David Starr Jordan Scholar, Stanford University, 1989

Education & Training

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  • Post-doctoral Chemistry Columbia 2002
  • Post-doctoral Physical Chemistry Oxford 2000
  • Ph.D. Physical Chemistry MIT 1999
  • B.S. Chemistry Stanford 1993

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (183)

Top publication keywords:
Lipoxygenase InhibitorsComputational BiologyPiebaldismMolecular Docking SimulationEnzymesComputer SimulationProtein ConformationArachidonate 12-LipoxygenaseMolecular Dynamics SimulationModels, MolecularPhosphopyruvate HydrataseProteinsAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesArachidonate 15-LipoxygenaseCell Membrane Permeability

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