Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry
222 CBEC Building · (614) 247 4284 · jaroniec.1@osu.edu
Christopher Jaroniec received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Kent State University in 1997, and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003, where he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow with Robert Griffin and worked on the development of magic-angle spinning solid-state NMR methodology with applications to structural analysis of peptides and proteins. He was a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow with Ad Bax at the National Institutes of Health, where he worked on the characterization of the three-dimensional structure and conformational dynamics of the micelle-bound fusion domain of HIV-1 gp41 protein using solution-state NMR spectroscopy and the development of solution-state NMR methods for the determination of residual dipolar couplings in proteins and nucleic acids. Dr. Jaroniec joined The Ohio State University as an Assistant Professor in 2006, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and Professor in 2014, and named Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in 2021. He currently serves as Associate Director of the OSU CCIC NMR Facility and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Jaroniec’s research focuses on atomistic studies of molecular structure, conformational dynamics and interactions in large complexes and assemblies of biological macromolecules that are of fundamental importance to human health and disease by using multidimensional NMR spectroscopy, cryo-electron microscopy and complementary biophysical and biochemical techniques.
Education
2003 Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1997 B.S. Chemistry, summa cum laude, Kent State University
Professional Experience
2021- Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2019- Associate Dean for Research and Creative Inquiry, College of Arts and Sciences
2020 Interim Dean for Natural and Mathematical Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
2017-20 Vice Chair for Research and Administration, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2014- Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2013- Associate Director, CCIC NMR Facility
2013- Evans Scholar, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2011-14 Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2006-11 Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, OSU
2003-06 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH
Honors and Awards
2021 Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, OSU
2018 Invited Visiting Professor, Institut de Biologie Structurale
2017 ACS Akron Section Award
2017 Varian Young Investigator Award in Magnetic Resonance
2016 Invited Visiting Professor, Sorbonne Universités/Université Pierre et Marie Curie
2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
2015 ACS Physical Division Early-Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
2014 ICMRBS Founders’ Medal
2013 Evans Endowed Scholarship, CBC Department, OSU
2012 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2008 Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry
2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2007 Alzheimer’s Association New Investigator Research Grant Award
2007 Regitze R. Vold Memorial Lecture Prize, 5th Alpine Conference on Solid-State NMR
2006 Royal Society North America Incoming Short Visit Award
2003 Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2003 Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
1998 Graduate Teaching Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1997 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
1997 Phi Beta Kappa
1996 ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry
1994 Merck Award
1994 CRC Press Freshman Award