Bil Clemons

William "Bil" Melvin Clemons, Jr. is an American structural biologist and Professor of Biochemistry at Caltech.[1] He is known for his work solving the atomic structure of the ribosome with dissertation advisor, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Venki Ramakrishnan[2] and membrane protein translocation channel SecY as well as his work on the structure and function of chaperones involved in the targeting of tail-anchored membrane proteins in the Get pathway.

William M. Clemons, Jr.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forAtomic structures of the ribosome, translocon
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisThe structure of the small ribosomal subunit (2000)
Doctoral advisorVenki Ramakrishnan
Other academic advisors
Websitehttp://clemonslab.caltech.edu

Education

Clemons received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1995. In 2000, he received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Utah while working jointly with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, England under the advisement of Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan. He then spent four years, from 2001 to 2005, as a postdoctoral fellow under Professor Tom Rapoport in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.

Career

In January of 2006, Clemons began as an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at the California Institute of Technology.[3] In 2013, Clemons became professor of Biochemistry. He has also held a Visiting Professor appointment from 2018-2019 at the Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.

Diversity and Inclusion

As a member of the President's Diversity Council at Caltech, Clemons mentors and advocates for diversity and enrollment of minority students in STEM education.[4] On top of leading a dynamic and diverse research team he has spoken on the intersection of science and diversity as an invited speaker.[4]

Honors and awards
  • 2018 Virginia Tech Biochemistry - Distinguished Alumni[5][6]
  • 2017 Dr. Fred Shair Award for Programming Diversity[7][8]
  • 2011-2016 NIH Pioneer Award[9]
  • 2005-2010 Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences[3]

References
  1. Bil Clemons publications from Europe PubMed Central
  2. Ramakrishnan, Venki (September 20, 2018). "Getting started in Utah". The Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome. Oneworld Publications.
  3. "Awardee Profile - Bil Clemons | Burroughs Wellcome Fund". www.bwfund.org. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  4. "Distinguished biochemist speaks on diversity in science and academia". College of Science | Oregon State University. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. "Featured Alumni". biochem.vt.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  6. "2017-18 Alumni Award Recipients". www.cals.vt.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. "Past Recipients | Center for Inclusion & Diversity". diversity.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. "ENGEL HALL NEWS BIOCHEMISTRY" (PDF). ENGEL HALL NEWS BIOCHEMISTRY. 2018.
  9. "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results". projectreporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-16.


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