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David M. Tiede

  • Senior Chemist and Group Leader, Photosynthesis Group, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
  • Scientific Theme Leader, Bio-Inorganic Interface, Center for Nanoscale Materials

Academic Degrees

  • PhD in Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
  • B.A. cum laude, in Biology, University of Pennsylvania (1973)

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

  • Photochemistry, photo-induced electron transfer, and photochemical energy conversion in natural and artificial photosynthesis
  • Biomimetic supramolecular chemistry
  • Bio-molecular solution structure and structural dynamics characterization using steady-state and pulsed time-resolved synchrotron X-ray scattering, transient
    optical, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies

Awards and Honors

  • Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2006)
  • Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter Award (1986)
  • Argonne National Laboratory Director's Award (1986)
  • Fellowship, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France (1983-1984)
    National Science Foundation US-France Exchange of Scientists Award (1982-1983)
  • NIH Postdoctoral National Research Service Award (1980-1982)
  • NIH Predoctoral National Research Service Award (1975-1978)

Patents

  • Bio-Inorganic Conjugates, N. Dimitrijevic, T. Rajh, Z. Saponjic, B. M. Rabatic, D. M. Tiede, L. X. Chen, P. Zapol, U.S. Patent Application 20070007512 (January 11, 2007)
  • Synthetic Biological Membrane with Self Organizing Properties, M. A. Firestone and D. M. Tiede, U.S. Patent No. 6,537,575 (March 25, 2003)
  • Semiconductor Assisted Metal Deposition for Nanolithography Applications, T. Rajh, N. Meshkov, J. M. Nedeljkovic, L. R. Skubal, D. M. Tiede, and M. Thurnauer, U. S. Patent No. 6,271,130 (August 7, 2001)

Societies

  • Sigma Xi
  • Biophysical Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Chemical Society

Teaching Experience

  • Lecturer, graduate bioenergetics course, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania (1981)
  • Lecturer, in a first-year-college-level Cell and Molecular Biology course
    given by the American Foundation for Negro Affairs Pre-medical Program, Philadelphia, (summer 1980)

Research Experience

  • 2007-present - Senior Chemist, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
  • 2001-2007 - Senior Chemist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1989-2001 - Chemist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1984-1989 - Assistant Chemist, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • 1982-1984 - Foreign Visiting Scientist, Service de Biophysique, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • 1980-1982 - NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1979-1980 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1973-1978 - Thesis Research, NIH Pre-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania1
  • 1972-1973 - Work-Study and Summers, Department of Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania

Peer-Recognized Professional Activities

  • ONRL BES-Chemical Sciences On-Site Review Panel, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 7-9, 1999
  • NASA Biotechnology On-Site Review Panel, Naval Research Center, Washington, DC, May 1999
  • Organizer, 26th Midwest Photosynthesis Meeting, Marshall, Indiana, November 5-7, 2000
  • Editorial Board, Biochimica Biophysica Acta, 1996 -2001
  • Chair, Session Organizer: Protein Structural Dynamics Symposium, 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis, August 18-23, 2001
  • NASA Structural Biology Panels, Washington, DC. March 6-9, 2001, and December 16-17, 2002
  • Program Committee, "Workshop on Nanocomposites: Materials, Neutrons, and Data Interpretation", Argonne National Laboratory, March 28-30, 2002
  • Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Program Advisory Committee (2002-2005)
  • Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Proposal Review Panel (2002 - )
  • Advanced Photon Source Program Review Panel (2003 - )
  • Organizer, 29th Midwest Photosynthesis Meeting, Marshall, Indiana, November 2-4, 2003

David M. Tiede
Argonne National Laboratory
Chemistry Division, E133
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois 60439
phone: 630/252-3539, fax: 630/252-9289, e-mail: tiede@anl.gov


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