Skip to main content Dr. Steven T Whitten
- Associate Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering
- Associate Professor at South Texas Doctoral Bridge Program
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Editorial Review Board Member, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Molecular Biophysics.
August 5, 2022 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Molecular Recognition.
March 2021 - Present.
- Program Coordinator, Biochemistry MS Degree Program.
2016 - Present.
- Chair, Graduate Biochemistry Curriculum Committee.
2016 - Present.
- Member, Personnel Committee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
September 1, 2015 - Present.
- Coordinator, Biochemistry BS Degree Outcomes and Assessment.
2014 - Present.
- Member, Safety Committee.
2012 - Present.
- Member, Equipment Committee.
2011 - Present.
- Member, Biochemistry Curriculum Committee.
2010 - Present.
2023
- Member, Research Enhancement Program Department Representative.
October 1, 2022 - November 10, 2023.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Poster Session for 2023 Annual Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics.
October 15, 2022 - October 15, 2023.
2022
- Coordinator / Organizer, Poster Session for 2022 Annual Gibbs Conference on Biothermodynamics.
October 2021 - October 2022.
- Member, Department Representative at Bobcat Days.
April 9, 2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, Tenure packet external reviewer, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology.
February 2022.
- Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Physical Chemistry line.
June 1, 2021 - January 21, 2022.
2021
- Reviewer / Referee, Applicant reviewer for Texas State U-RISE Program.
September 10, 2021.
- Member, Academic Standards Committee.
June 2019 - May 2021.
- Reviewer / Referee, External reviewer of a tenure application for the Mayo Clinic, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
February 1, 2021 - March 5, 2021.
- Reviewer / Referee, Molecular and Integrative Signal Transduction (MIST) Study Section, Cell Biology Integrated Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health.
January 1, 2021 - February 16, 2021.
2020
- Organizer, "Lunch and Learn" training for research active students.
September 2018 - May 2020.
- Secretary-Treasurer, Intrinsically Disordered Protein (IDP) Subgroup of the Biophysical Society.
March 2019 - March 2020.
2019
- Coordinator / Organizer, 74th Annual Calorimetry Conference, symposium on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins.
July 28, 2019 - August 2, 2019.
- Secretary-Treasurer-Elect, Intrinsically Disordered Protein (IDP) Subgroup of the Biophysical Society.
March 2018 - March 2019.
- Co-Chair, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Platform Session on Protein Structure and Conformation I.
March 3, 2019.
- Member, Presidential Awards Nomination Committee.
January 2019 - February 2019.
2018
- Member, Committee to Revise Outcomes and Assessment.
October 2018 - November 2018.
- Member, Department Representative at Bobcat Day.
November 17, 2018.
- Member, Master's Thesis Award Selection Committee for Physical Sciences, Math, and Engineering.
October 9, 2018 - November 7, 2018.
- Member, Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee.
February 2015 - February 2018.
2017
- Reviewer / Referee, Committee of International Conference on Biological Information and Biological Engineering.
December 2017.
- Chair, Search Committee, Physical Chemistry.
July 2016 - February 2017.
2016
- Judge, Honors College Undergraduate Research Conference Poster Competition, Texas State University.
April 22, 2016.
- Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Molecular Biophysics.
January 2015 - February 2016.
2015
- Research Enhancement Program Department Representative.
2015.
- Ad Hoc Committee Department Website.
2013 - 2015.
- Bobcat Days Representative for Department.
November 2015.
- Poster Judge, CheMIE REU, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
August 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF), R&D Excellence awards.
April 2015 - May 2015.
2014
- Faculty Search Committee, Biochemistry line.
2014.
- Coordinator / Organizer, 28th Annual Gibbs Conference on Biothermondynamics.
September 20, 2014 - September 23, 2014.
- Poster Judge, CheMIE REU, Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
August 2014.
- Bobcat Days Representative for Department.
February 2014.
2013
- Faculty Search Committee, Biochemistry line (x2).
2013.
2012
- Proposal reviewer, Student Undergraduate Research Fund, Honors College.
2012.
2011
- Proposal reviewer, Student Undergraduate Research Fund, Honors College.
2011.
- Faculty Search Committee, Organic line.
2011.
- Faculty Search Committee, Analytical line.
2011.
- Graduate Student Recruiting Committee.
2010 - 2011.
2009
- Board of Directors, Galveston County Municipal Utility District #14.
2003 - 2009.
