Michael F. Summers is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring and a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.[1][2] He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Molecular Biology.[3] Since 1994, he has been a HHMI Investigator as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2016.[4][1]

Education and early life

Michael F. Summers earned his A.A. degree from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1978, and then a B.S. in chemistry from the University of West Florida in 1980. He then earned his Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from Emory University in 1984.[4]

Career and research

From 1984 to 1987, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the NIH under Dr. Adrian Bax.[2][4][5] Since 1987, he has been a UMBC Faculty member.

His career has focused on using structural approaches to studying protein, RNA, and macromolecular interactions with HIV-1 genome packaging and virus assembly.[6][4] He is particularly well known for using NMR. He has also been a major proponent for retaining minority students in the sciences through undergraduate involvement in research as well as involvement with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program.[6][7][8] He is also involved with adapting the Meyerhoff Scholars program at other schools with HHMI such as Penn State and UNC.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael F. Summers, PhD | Investigator | 1994-Present". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Summers". chemistry.umbc.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Editorial board - Journal of Molecular Biology | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Michael F. Summers – NAS". www.nasonline.org/. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Lab Members - Biophysical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section - NIDDK". National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Howard Hughes Medical Institute @ UMBC". www.hhmi.umbc.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Q&A: Dr. Michael Summers On The Meyerhoff Scholars Program - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County". 7 June 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  8. ^ "History". meyerhoff.umbc.edu. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  9. ^ "A vaunted program for boosting the diversity of U.S. academic scientists is starting to spread". www.science.org. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
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