Steven Michael Pascal

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

spascal@odu.edu

(757) 683-6763                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Institution and Location Degree Year Field
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE B.S. 1985 Physics major with Chemistry minor
Brown University, Providence, RI Physics
Kent State University, Kent OH M.A. 1987 Physics
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Ph.D. 1993 Molecular Biophysics (Chemistry dept)

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1987-1993    PhD with Timothy A. Cross, Prof. of Chemistry, Florida State University and NMR program director, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL
  • 1993-1996    Postdoctoral Fellow with Lewis Kay, Prof. of Chemistry & Medical Genetics & Julie Forman-Kay, Prof. of Biochem. (U. Toronto & Hospital for Sick Children)
  • 1996-2003    Assistant Professor, Dept Biochem/Biophys, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • 2003-2009    Senior Lecturer, Physics, Massey University
  • 2004-2011       Director of BioNMR Research, Massey University
  • 2010-2012       Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biophysics, Massey University
  • 2011-2012       Visiting Assoc Prof, Department of Biochemistry and National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison (NMRFAM), University of Wisconsin
  • 2012-present    Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Old Dominion University

HONOURS and AWARDS

1981                National Merit Finalist

1981                Westinghouse Scholarship

1981-1983      Performance Scholarship, Music Department

1981-1983      Board of Governors Scholarship (Partial Tuition)

1983-1985      Board of Governors Scholarship (Full Tuition)

1985                Graduation with Highest Distinction    (ranked 3rd in graduating class)

1985                Phi Beta Kappa (Silver Key)

1987-1988      Research Fellowship

1988                College Teaching Fellowship

1988-1991      University Fellowship

1993                Doctoral Degree with Honors

1993-1996      Medical Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada)

1996                Andrew Sass-Kortsak Award (outstanding fellow, Hospital for Sick Children)

1997                Michael Kasha Lecturer (outstanding alumnus, FSU Molec Biophys program)

1998-2001      USD 275,000 DOD Grant Award to study Prostate Cancer molecules via NMR

2004-2007      NZD 630,000 Royal Society Grant: Picornaviral replication studies via NMR

2004-2008      Taught at EMBO mirror BioNMR workshop in Australia (organized by G. Otting)

2005                NZD 75,000 Lottery Health Grant: Auto-Tune/Match Module for NMR cryoprobe

2005                Distinguished Visiting Scholar at NYSBC

2006-2012      Board of Directors, ANZMAG (Australia-NZ Magnetic Resonance Society)

2006                Innovation & Excellence in Teaching award: NMR visual aids for computer

2006                Distinguished Teaching Award, Institute of Fundamental Sciences

2006-2010       NZD 720,000 Royal Society Grant: Apoptosis/Cancer/Alzheimers via NMR

2008-2009       NZD 83,000 Hort Research Grant: Biomed Applications of Plant Genes

2010-2013       NZD 735,000 Royal Society Grant: Rhinoviral cloverleaf structure via NMR/SAXS

2020-2022       USD 433,000 NIH R21 grant: Synthesis of enterovirus positive-strand RNAs: discovery of viral and host determinants of RNP complex formation (joint with Bert Semler, UCI)