Education
1982-1987 B.A., Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Honors Thesis Title: The Structure of Epoxybaccinolide A Determined by X-ray Crystallography
Thesis Advisor: Professor Jon Clardy, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University
1987-1992 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Thesis Title: Site-Specific Cleavage of Genomic DNA Mediated by Triple Helix Formation
Thesis Advisor: Professor Peter B. Dervan, Department of Chemistry
1992-1995 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Project Title: Molecular Recognition of an RNA Duplex by a Ribozyme.
Research Advisor: Professor Thomas R. Cech
Faculty Appointments
1995-1998 Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
1999-2001 Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
1999-2001 Associate Professor of Chemistry (joint appointment), Yale University
2001- Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
2001- Professor of Chemistry (joint appointment), Yale University
2006-2009 Chair of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
2011-2019 Yale Vice President for West Campus Planning and Program Development
2014-2019 Deputy Provost for Teaching and Learning
2019 Vice Provost for Science Initiatives
2020-Present Provost
Honors and Awards
1982-87 Trustees Scholar, four-year, full tuition scholarship, Brigham Young University
1986 Carl Harvis Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellow, Cornell University
1987 Summa Cum Laude, Brigham Young University
1987 Honors Graduate, Brigham Young University
1988-1992 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellow, Caltech
1989-1992 Achievement Reward for College Students Scholar, Caltech
1992-95 Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship,
Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder
1996-1999 Junior Faculty Research Award, American Cancer Society, Yale University
1997-1999 Beckman Young Investigator Award, Yale University
1997-2000 Searle Scholar Award, Yale University
1998-1999 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, Yale University
2002-2006 Beginning Investigator Award, American Cancer Society, Yale University
2004 Dylan Hixon Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences, Yale University
2006-2010 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
2007 Graduate Mentoring Award in the Sciences, Yale University
2008 Schering Plough Research Institute Award from the ASBMB
2008 Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
2009 Elected Honorary Member of the Alpha of Connecticut Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
2009-2014 Named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow
2012 Elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
2018 Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Meritorious Service to Yale University
Current Grant Support
NIH/NIGMS GM022778-34 (Steitz) 5/1/09-4/30/14
Structural basis of the functions of RNA-protein machines
NSF (Strobel) 4/1/2020-3/31-2024
The role of a membrane channel in conferring fluoride resistance in plants
NIH/NIGMS GM136969-01 (Strobel) 4/1/2020-3/31/2024
Discovery and characterization of new riboswitches