Michael F. Summers

Dr. Michael F. Summers received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of West Florida in 1980, his Ph.D. degree in 1984 from Emory University, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the NIH from 1984-1987. He joined the faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore County as an Assistant Professor in 1987, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1991 and to Full Professor in 1996. In 1994 he was appointed as an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is the recipient of two NIH MERIT Awards. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Molecular Biology and a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Biomolecular NMR. Dr. Summers’ research focuses on NMR studies of proteins and macromolecular interactions, with a major emphasis on the structural proteins that comprise the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). His laboratory typically includes large numbers of students from diverse backgrounds, and he has led efforts to develop programs for retaining minority students in the sciences. Dr. Summers is a recipient of the Carl Branden award of the Protein Society, the Emily M. Gray Mentoring Award of the Biophysical Society, the ASBMB Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education, the Mentor Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Microbiology Hinton Award for Mentoring, and the White House Presidential Award for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.