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Akif Tezcan

Education

B.A. - Macalester College (1995)

Ph.D. - California Institute of Technology (2001)

Awards and Academic Honors

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Primary Research Area

  • SMCB
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biophysics
  • Chemical Biology
  • Materials Chemistry

Interdisciplinary Interests

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Selected Publications

  1. Science (2014) , Vol. 346 , pp. 1525

  2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2015) , Vol. 137 , pp. 11598

  3. Nature (2016) , Vol. 533 , pp. 369–373

  4. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2017) , Vol. 139 , pp. 8160-8166

  5. Nature (2018) , Vol. 557 , pp. 86–91

  6. Nat. Chem. (2018) , Vol. 10 , pp. 732–739

  7. Nature (2020) , Vol. 578 , pp. 172-176

  8. Chem. Rev. (2020) , Vol. 120 , pp. 5158-5193

  9. Chem. Rev. (2021) , Vol. 121 , pp. 13701-13796

  10. Nature (2022) , Vol. 603 , pp. 522-527

  11. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2022) , Vol. 144 , pp. 10139-10144

  12. Science (2022) , Vol. 377 , pp. 865-869

  13. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2023) , Vol. 145 , pp. 14208-14214

  14. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2023) , Vol. 145 , pp. 19932-19944

  15. Nat. Commun. (2024) , Vol. 15 , pp. 6326

  16. Nature (2025) , Vol. 637 , pp. 991-997

  17. Nat. Chem. Biol. (2025) , Vol. 21 , pp. 883-893

  18. Chem (2025) , Vol. 11 , pp. 102407

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Contact Information

Titles:
  • Professor of Chemistry

Office: N/A

Phone: 858-534-4862

Email: tezcan@ucsd.edu

Web: Website