Dr. Brent Iverson

Biography

Brent Iverson is the Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies and a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1987. His postdoctoral work took place at the Scripps Research Institute. Iverson's recent research includes the development of novel technologies for high-throughput antibody enzyme engineering, involving bacterial surface expression and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). He has also worked on producing abiotic folding molecules that depend on hydrogen bond structures and has created a patented system for DNA-binding molecules based on a new motif. His work spans various disciplines including biotechnology, bioorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and molecular biology, with a focus on drug and diagnostic development.

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