Experience
University of Kansas Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Interim Chair, 2003 - 2005
Professor, 1996 - present
Associate Professor, 1992 -1996
Assistant Professor, 1986 -1992
Member, Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute, 2005 present
Director,
KU Center for Chemical Methodologies and Library Development, 2003present
Director,
KU Specialized Chemistry Center, 2008 - present
Director, Synthesis Core,
KU Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics, 2009 - present
Innovatec lecturer, University of Regensburg, Germany, 2003
Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, 2001-2002
Visiting Professor, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 1997
Invited Professor, University of Rennes I, Rennes, France, 1993
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 1984-1986, Yale University with Professor Samuel Danishefsky
Research Assistant, 1980-1983, Duke University. Research director: Professor Steven W. Baldwin. Dissertation title: "Asymmetric Synthesis with Chiral Hydroxylamines."
Undergraduate Research, 1979-1980, University of Miami, with Professor Robert E. Gawley
Scientific and Scholarly Awards
Nikolai N. Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education, American Association of University Administrators, 2008
Fellow, American Asociation for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Olin Petefish/Higuchi Award for Achievement in the Basic Sciences, 2001
Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 1996
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary member, 1996
American Cyanamid Faculty Award in Organic Chemistry, 1993
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1993 -1995
Eli Lilly Grantee, 1989 -1991
Teaching Awards
Cited as an AACP Teacher of the Year, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 2001
Honored at the Fourth Annual Teacher Appreciation Banquet for Graduate Teaching, sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, May 4, 2000
Cited as an AACP Teacher of the Year, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 2000
Honored at the Third Annual Teacher Appreciation Banquet for Undergraduate Teaching, sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence, May 4, 2000
W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 1997 (university-wide teaching award; 20 awarded annually)
Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award, Graduate and Professional Organization, University of Kansas, 1996
Honors for Outstanding Progressive Educator award (HOPE Award), University of Kansas, 1994 (university-wide teaching award; 1 awarded annually)
HOPE Award Finalist, 1993
HOPE Award Finalist, 1990
Rho Chi Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 1990, 1999
Other Interests
The Mandolin Cafe
The Bostons in Common
Little Beasts
The Classical Guitar Homepage
The Lied Center - University of Kansas
For More Information Contact:
Jeff Aubι
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
4070 Malott Hall
Tel: 785-864-4496
FAX: 785-864-5326
E-mail: jaube@ku.edu
