Jean Chmielewski

Jean Chmielewski

Alice Watson Kramer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering (courtesy)

Email: chml@purdue.edu

Phone: +1 765 494-0135
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Location: West Lafayette

Purdue University
Richard Benbridge Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry
560 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084

Research web site: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/chml/

Education

  • BS, Chemistry, St. Joseph's University, 1983
  • PhD, Chemistry, Columbia University, 1988

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials and tissue engineering
  • Drug discovery
  • BioNanotechnology
  • Cellular delivery of therapeutic agents

Awards

  • Morrill Award, Purdue University, 2025
  • Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, American Chemical Society, 2025
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamer Award, Purdue University, 2023
  • Diversity Award, College of Science, Purdue University, 2022
  • Murray Goodman Scientific Excellence and Mentorship Award, American Peptide Society, 2021
  • Provosts Award for Graduate Student Mentoring, Purdue University, 2019
  • Arthur E. Kelly Award for Excellence in Teaching, Purdue University, 2018, 2012, 2006, 2000
  • Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Research Excellence, Purdue University, 2017
  • Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society, 2017
  • Vincent du Vigneaud Award, American Peptide Society, 2015
  • Keynote Lecturer, American Peptide Society Symposium, 2015
  • Keynote Lecturer, 7th Peptide Engineering Meeting, Pune, India, 2015
  • Keynote Lecturer American Peptide Society Symposium, 2013
  • The Book of Great Teachers Award, Purdue University, 2013
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Student Mentor Award, College Of Science, Purdue University, 2013
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award, College of Science, Purdue University, 2012
  • Edward Leete Award in Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2011
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Award, 2010
  • Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Purdue University, 2010
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
  • The Outstanding Teacher in the College of Science, Purdue, 2009, 2007, 2006
  • Woman of Purdue Award, Purdue University, 2008
  • W.S. Johnson Symposium Distinguished Lecturer, Stanford University, 2005
  • Robert A. Welch Conference, Distinguished Lecturer, Austin, TX, 2004
  • Arthur C. Pope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 2003
  • University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University, 2003-2000
  • Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, Iota Sigma Pi, 2001
  • National Young Investigator, National Science Foundation,1999-1994
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1998-1996
  • Exxon Foundation Fellow, 1997-1996
  • First Awardee, National Institutes of Health, 1997-1992