Personnel - Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Jeff Aubé

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 1984-1986
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1984; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, 1980; University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida

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 Chemical Methodologies and Library Design Center, 2003-present
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.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Interim Director, 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

Nikolai N. Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education, American Association of University Administrators, 2008
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Olin Petefish Award for Research in the Basic Sciences, Higuchi/Endowment Research Achievement Award, University of Kansas, 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

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, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, 1990, 1999