David Palmer, University of Saskatchewan
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
dave.palmer@usask.ca
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(306) 966-4662
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Dr. Palmer is a member of the Department of Chemistry, and an associate member of the Department of Biochemistry. He joined the faculty in 1999, and was appointed Acting Head of Chemistry beginning July 1, 2010, and Head of Chemistry beginning July 2011. He was the Program Chair and Treasurer of ...
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Dr. Palmer is a member of the Department of Chemistry, and an associate member of the Department of Biochemistry. He joined the faculty in 1999, and was appointed Acting Head of Chemistry beginning July 1, 2010, and Head of Chemistry beginning July 2011. He was the Program Chair and Treasurer of the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Program for the 88th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC2005), and was Chair of the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Division of the Canadian Society for Chemistry for 2005-2006. He co-founded the Western Canadian Medicinal Chemistry Workshop (WCMCW) with Dr. Ed Krol. Dr. Palmer is the group leader of the Molecular Design Research Group, a SHRF-funded network of University of Saskatchewan researchers studying proteins as a means of understanding and combating mechanisms of infectious disease.
Dr. Palmer has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. His doctoral thesis on reaction mechanisms in the presence of cyclodextrins was completed under the co-supervision of Professor Greg Thatcher and Professor Erwin Buncel. His postdoctoral work in enzymology was carried out in the laboratory of Professor John Gerlt in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Dr. Palmer has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. His doctoral thesis on reaction mechanisms in the presence of cyclodextrins was completed under the co-supervision of Professor Greg Thatcher and Professor Erwin Buncel. His postdoctoral work in enzymology was carried out in the laboratory of Professor John Gerlt in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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