Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, A5300
Austin, TX 78712-0165

Phone: (512) 471-2318
Fax: (512) 471-8696
email: lmahal@cm.utexas.edu

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, December 2000.
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. in Chemistry with Highest Honors, June 1995.

Postdoctoral Research

Sloan-Kettering Institute, Jane Coffin Childs Research Fellow, October 2000-July 2003.

Awards and Honors

Sloan Foudation Fellow (2008-present)
NSF CAREER Award (2007-present)
Invited Member, Faculty of 1,000 Biology (2006- 2008)
Beckman Young Investigator Award (2004)
Recipient of Synthesis and Synlett Assistant Professor Journal Award (2004)
Fellow, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, U.T. Austin (2003)
Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow (2000)
Division of Medicinal Chemistry Pre-doctoral Fellow, A.C.S. (1998)
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar (U.C. Berkeley, 1996 and 1997)
Phi Beta Kappa (1995)
Drexler Scholar (U.C. Santa Cruz, 1994)
ARCS Foundation Scholar (U.C. Santa Cruz, 1994)
Ellen D. Renard Scholar (1993)
University of California, Regents Scholar (U.C. Santa Cruz, 1993)
Johnson Scholar (U.C. Santa Cruz, 1992)

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