Background
Cech, Thomas Robert was born on December 8, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
chemistry and biochemistry educator
Cech, Thomas Robert was born on December 8, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Grinnell College, 1970; Doctor of Science (honorary), Grinnell College, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical, University of California, Berkeley, 1975; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1991.
Postdoctoral fellow department biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975-1977;
from assistant professor to associate professor of chemistry, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1978-1983;
professor of chemistry and biochemistry also molecular cellular and development biology, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1983;
distinguished professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1990;
research professor, American Cancer Society, since 1987;
investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1988. Co-chairman Nucleic Acids Gordon Conference, 1984. Phillips distinguished visitor Haverford College, 1984.
Vivian Ernst memorial lecturer Brandeis U., 1984, Cynthia Chan memorial lecturer University of California, Berkeley. Member Welch Foundation Symposium, 1985. Danforth lecturer Grinnell College 1986.
Pfizer lecturer Harvard University, 1986, Hastings lecturer, 1992. Verna and Marrs McLean lecturer Baylor College Medicine, 1987. Harvey lecturer, 1987.
Mayer lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987,HHMI lecturer, 1989, T.Y. Shen lecturer, 1994. Martin D. Kamen distinguished lectureship, University of California, San Diego, 1988. Alfred Burger lecturer University of Virginia,1988.
Berzelius lecturer Karolinska Institute, 1988. Osamu Hayaishi lectr.Internat. Union Biochemistry, Prague, 1988.
Beckman lecturer U. Utah, 1989. Max Tishler lecturer Merck, 1989. Abbott visiting scholar University of Chicago, 1989.
Herriott lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1990. J.T. Baker lecturer, 1990;G.N. Lewis lecturer University of California, Berkeley, 1990. Sonneborn lecturer Indiana U., 1991.
Sternbach lecturer Yale University, 1991. W. Pauli lecturer, Zürich, 1992. Carter-Wallace lecturer Princeton University, 1992.
Stetten lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1992. Dauben lecturer U. Washington, 1992. Marker lecturer U. Maryland., 1993.
Hirschmann lecturer Oberlin College, 1993. Beach lecturer Purdue University, 1993. Abe White lecturer Syntex, 1993.
Robbins lecturer Pomona College, 1994. Bren lecturer University of California, Irvine, 1994. Wawzonek lecturer U. Iowa, 1994.
Sumner lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1994. Steenbock lecturer University of Wisconsin, 1995. Murachi lecturer FAOB Congress, Sydney, 1995.
Streck award lecturer U. Nebraska, 1996. Gardner-Davern lecturer U. Utah, 1996, Priestley lecturer Pennsylvania State University, 1996;Beckman lecturer California Institute Technology, 1996, Lemieux lecturer U. Alberta, Canada, 1997, Hogg Award lecturer Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, 1997, DeCoursey Nobel Lecturer Trinity U., 1998, Tschirgi lecturer University of California San Diego, 1998.
Non-resident fellow Salk Institute. Trustee Grinnell College. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Bio-chemical Molecular Biology, NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organisation, Ribonucleic acid Society (vice president 1993-1996).
M. Carol Lynn Martinson. Children: Allison E., Jennifer N.