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2023 ASBMB Election
Home Membership Election 2023 Pablo Sobrado

Sobrado, Pablo

Professor, Virginia Tech

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Pablo Sobrado

Statement of interest

I am honored to be considered as a candidate for the ASBMB Nominating Committee. As a member of this committee, I intend to bring my expertise, dedication and commitment to ensuring transparency, fairness and inclusivity. Meetings and other activities organized by the ASBMB are instrumental for the growth and dissemination of biochemical research in the U.S. and beyond. I consider the identification and selection of leaders who will continue and improve society’s activities a very important task.

Education and training

  • B.A., Merrimack College
  • Ph.D., Texas A&M University
  • Postdoc, University of Wisconsin–Madison and Universidad de Chile

Awards and honors

  • Martin H. Freeman Lecture, Middlebury College (2021)
  • Keynote Speaker, 8th Southeast Enzyme Conference (2017)
  • Excellence in Basic Research Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (2014)
  • Everson Lecture, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2013)
  • National Technology Prize, Clodomiro Picado Twight, Costa Rica (2011)
  • J. Shelton Horsley Research Award from the Virginia Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Ralph Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2009)

Experience

  • Assistant, Associate, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech (2007 to present)
  • Associate Department Head, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech (2018 to 2021)
  • Associate Director, Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery (2019 to 2021)
  • Graduate Program Director, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech (2015 to 2021)
  • Director, Virginia Tech Drug Screening Laboratory (2012 to 2021)
  • Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes, Co-Enzymes, and Metabolic Pathways (2021 to 2022)
  • Organizer, “Enzymes: From Isotope Effects to Allostery” Symposium, University of Texas Medical Center (2019)
  • Organizer and Chair, ASBMB annual meeting session “Catalysis and Enzyme Action” (2019)
  • Co-Guest Editor, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Special Issue: “Flavoproteins: Beyond the Classics” (2017)
  • Chair, 7th Southeast Enzyme Conference (2016)
  • Founding Member, Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery (2011)