Professional of the Year for 2006 in Education/Chemistry: Richard A. Day, Ph.D.

	Richard A. Day, Ph.D.
Industry	Education
Title	Professor
Expertise	Biochemistry
Current Organization	University of Cincinnati
Type of Organization	University
Major Product	Higher education
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Chemistry, Iowa State University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958
Born	April 4, 1931, Kellogg, Iowa
Honors & Awards	Chemist of the Year Award, 1988; Distinguished of the Year, 1990; Dillwyn Ratcliff Award, 1991
Published Works	120 articles in reviewed journals, most recent: "Cross-linking as a tool in analyzing protein complexes in the intact cell" in Recent Res. Devel. Protein Eng. 2, pp 153-167, 2002; "Detecting Protein-protein Interactions in the Intact Cell of Bacillus subtilis" (ATCC 6633), J. Bacteriol. 185, 4268-4275, 2003; "3-Alkoxy-5-isoxazolidinones mimic beta-lactams", Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 311, 267-271, 2003; Patents: Hydride catalyzed condensation, 5-Isoxazolidinone candidate antibiotics
Affiliations	American Chemical Society; American Society for Molecular Biology; American Society for Mass Spectrometry; American Society for Microbiology
Hobbies & Sports	Astronomy, archaeology, nuclear engineering
Career Accomplishments	In the course of research at the University of Cincinnati, he developed several novel approaches to Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry; He developed a new way to determine protein-protein interactions in the intact cell, an essential aspect of understanding processes in the cell; He devised a short synthesis of beta-lactams and beta-lactam mimics--these are the first ever mimics that possess good antibiotic activity; He discovered a means for carrying out chemically catalyzed nuclear fusion that converts non-radioactive, harmless isotopes of hydrogen into non-radioactive, harmless isotopes of helium and lithium
Work History	He has been involved in chemical education at the University of Cincinnati since 1959, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels; He organized the Biochemistry Division of the Department of Chemistry in 1969; He was Chairman of the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society and President of the University of Cincinnati chapter of Sigma Xi, an honorary society; He served as faculty representative to the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees for 2 terms; In graduate research, he guided numerous M.S. and Ph.D. dissertation projects
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