Early Career Research Award Research and Graduate Studies Steve L. Reichow, Ph.D. STEVE L. REICHOW is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Professor Reichow heads the Reichow Lab, which uses cryogenic electron microscopy (CryoEM) and computer imaging to study the macromolecular structures that enable cellular communication. By gaining a clearer picture of how cells communicate, Professor Reichow and his colleagues may one day contribute to the design of novel pharmaceutical and genetic therapies for treating diseases such as cataracts, cardiac arrhythmia, stroke, and cancer. His research has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health with an early career Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, and published by prestigious scientific journals, including Nature, eLife, and Nature Communications. Professor Reichow received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2006. After completing his post-doctoral training at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2014, he joined the faculty at PSU to start his independent research program. Professor Reichow’s research program is highly collaborative and multidisciplinary, spanning the fields of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Computer Science. He has an affiliate appointment with Oregon Health & Science University, in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and he is a member of OHSU’s Center for Spatial Systems Biomedicine and the Portland Institute of Computational Sciences. He also serves as a consultant for the Pacific Northwest National Center for CryoEM and is actively involved in several programs at PSU that provide mentored research experience to underrepresented students in STEM, such as the NIH BUILD EXITO, the McNair Fellowship, and NSF REU programs, “It is terrific to have a colleague who really sees the connection between research and teaching, and is well aware of how the activities can enhance each other,” says PSU Professor of Biochemistry John Perona. “Professor Reichow is an extraordinarily talented and ambitious young scientist with a sparkling research career ahead of him.” The Early Career Research Award recognizes a faculty member at the rank of assistant or associate professor who produces outstanding and original work at an impressive rate while engaging PSU students in rigorous research activity. Nominations are submitted by colleagues; selection is made by a jury of peers. 27
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