David Taylor
Positions
2017 – Co-Director,
Sauer Structural Biology Laboratory
Member,
LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes
Dell Medical School
2016 – Assistant Professor and CPRIT Scholar,
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
University of Texas at Austin
Post-doctoral training
2014 – 2016 Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of California, Berkeley
California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Title: “Structure and Function of CRISPR RNA-guided surveillance complexes in bacteria”
Advisors: Jennifer A. Doudna and Eva Nogales
California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Title: “Structure and Function of CRISPR RNA-guided surveillance complexes in bacteria”
Advisors: Jennifer A. Doudna and Eva Nogales
Education
2013 Yale University Ph.D., with distinction
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Advisor: Hong-Wei Wang
Research Committee: Joan A. Steitz, Susan J. Baserga, and Antonio J. Giraldez
2010 Yale University M.Phil.
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
2008 Syracuse University B.S., summa cum laude
Biochemistry
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Advisor: Hong-Wei Wang
Research Committee: Joan A. Steitz, Susan J. Baserga, and Antonio J. Giraldez
2010 Yale University M.Phil.
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
2008 Syracuse University B.S., summa cum laude
Biochemistry
awards and honors
2019 Army Young Investigator, Army Research Office
2016 CPRIT Scholar, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas
2015 Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Outstanding Postdoc Award, University of California, Berkeley
2015 Damon Runyon Fellow, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
2014 Mary Ellen Jones Dissertation Prize, Yale University
2012 AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, Science
2011 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellow, National Science Foundation
2011 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Excellence in Teaching Award, Yale University
2010 Yale Scientific Teaching Fellow, Yale University
2010 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
2009 Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of 1000
2008 Research Achievement and Academic Excellence Award, Syracuse University Biology Department
2008 Named Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
2007 Remembrance Scholar Finalist, Syracuse University
2004 Syracuse University Academic Merit Scholar
2016 CPRIT Scholar, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas
2015 Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Outstanding Postdoc Award, University of California, Berkeley
2015 Damon Runyon Fellow, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
2014 Mary Ellen Jones Dissertation Prize, Yale University
2012 AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, Science
2011 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellow, National Science Foundation
2011 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Excellence in Teaching Award, Yale University
2010 Yale Scientific Teaching Fellow, Yale University
2010 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
2009 Associate Faculty Member, Faculty of 1000
2008 Research Achievement and Academic Excellence Award, Syracuse University Biology Department
2008 Named Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
2007 Remembrance Scholar Finalist, Syracuse University
2004 Syracuse University Academic Merit Scholar

