About
A. Education and Training
ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
Diploma
09/1984
Chemistry
ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
Ph.D.
10/1988
Chem. Crystallography
MIT, Cambridge MA
Postdoc
03/1992
Structural Biology
B. Employment and Positions
2005 - Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
2003-2004 Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
2000-2003 Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1995-1999 Asst. Professor, Dept. of Molec. Pharm. & Biol. Chem., Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
1992-1995 Lecturer and Habilitand, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
1989-1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Alexander Rich, Dept. of Biology, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
1985-1988 Ph.D. student, advisors Profs. Jack D. Dunitz and Vladimir Prelog – Nobelist Chemistry 1975, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
C. Selected Honors
2023 Elected as member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
2013 Alexander Rich Award, Dept. of Biology, MIT
2011-2013 WCU Professor, Biophysics & Chem. Biol. Department, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2009 Elected AAAS Fellow (Chemistry section)
2006 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2005 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2005 Vanderbilt Chancellor Award for Research (KaiABC circadian clock)
D. Contributions to Science
Published work to date includes some 300 refereed papers and reviews and two books: Egli, M., Herdewijn, P., Eds., Chemistry and Biology of Artificial Nucleic Acids, Wiley-VCH Publishers, Weinheim, Germany, 2012; and Blackburn, G.M., Egli, M., Gait, M.J., Watts, J.K., Eds., Nucleic Acids in Chemistry and Biology, 4. ed., R. Soc. Chem., Cambridge, UK, 2022.
Joined
February 2025
