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Out of hundreds of faculty across the California State University system, 色情视频 chemical biologist Jeffrey Gustafson (鈥�05) received the Faculty Research Award for his renowned work leveraging the shape of chemicals to find less harmful cancer drugs as well as his commitment to mentoring students. It鈥檚 the second straight year an 色情视频 professor has been honored with the award by the  (CSUPERB). 

Gustafson was humbled and surprised by the recognition because 色情视频 biologist Marina Kalyuzhnaya won the award last year.

鈥淲hen Marina won, I was like, 鈥榳ell-deserved; 色情视频 will come back around in five or six years,鈥欌�� Gustafson said. Other previous 色情视频 recipients include professor emeritus Sandy Bernstein and Vice Provost Bill Tong.

鈥淚 would go to CSUPERB every year before the pandemic to hear these luminaries giving talks,鈥� Gustafson said. 鈥淏eing one of them is just really neat.鈥�

At the annual CSUPERB symposium January 14, Gustafson gave a talk about his lab鈥檚 innovations with atropisomers, which are molecules with multiple possible rotational arrangements of chemical bonds, and the impact this phenomenon will have on the pharmaceutical industry.

Some atomic geometries, when used in cancer treatments for example, cause myriad unpleasant side effects. Others can target specific enzymes or reaction steps with minimal additional symptoms.

Gustafson and his students aim to tip the scales in favor of producing only the more beneficial chemical shape.

Gustafson said he will always feel indebted to CSUPERB, for a grant they awarded him back in 2017 that made these discoveries possible.

Gustafson regrets not attending CSUPERB as an undergraduate chemistry student at 色情视频 because of how valuable it has been for himself and his students. Presenting at CSUPERB has become somewhat of a rite of passage for the more than 70 students he has mentored since joining the faculty in 2013.

鈥淚 think CSUPERB is one of the most important organizations in the system,鈥� he added. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always been a community of chemists and biologists that they really bring together.鈥�

The CSUPERB award selection committee was impressed with Gustafson鈥檚 research journal productivity with students as co-authors, and for being a recipient of two NSF awards and the NIH Maximizing Investigators鈥� Research Award for talented and promising investigators.

Echoing the committee, Ikhide Imumorin, executive director of CSUPERB expressed great admiration and appreciation for Gustafson鈥檚 great and important work at 色情视频 and his impact as one of the CSU鈥檚 outstanding biotechnology teacher-mentor-scholars.