Biography

John Termini received his B.A. from Columbia College in New York City; then the M.S., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the department of Chemistry at Columbia University. His graduate training was in natural products chemistry and biochemistry under the tutelage of Prof. Koji Nakanishi; followed by postdoctoral training at Caltech in nucleic acids chemistry in the laboratory of Professor Peter B. Dervan, where he was a Fellow of the American Cancer Society.


Education and Training

1985, Columbia College, New York, Ph.D., Chemistry

1981, Columbia College, New York, M.S., Chemistry

1980, Columbia College, New York, B.A., Chemistry


Professional Memberships

2000 - present, American Chemical Society Division of Toxicology

1990 - present, Member, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA

1980 - present, American Chemical Society


This is an abbreviated document.  Full CV available upon request.  Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time.  Last updated: 3/09.

Honors and Awards

2011, Cancer Research Award, ThinkCure

2006 - present, Editorial Board, BioScience Trends, Japan

1994 - 1995, American Lung Association Young Investigator Award

1986 - 1988, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow

1985, NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Columbia University

1982 - 1983, National Research Service Award Trainee

1979, NSF-URP Fellowship, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK