Portrait of Professor Sean Michael Kerwin

Professor Sean Michael Kerwin

  • Regents' Professor at Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science & Engineering
  • Professor at Mtrls Sci, Engrg & Comrclzatn Prgm

Biography

Sean Kerwin earned a PhD in chemistry from UC Berkeley. After postdoctoral work at UC San Francisco, he began his academic career at UT Austin in the College of Pharmacy, and moved to Texas State University in 2015 where ​he is currently Regents' Professor and Director of the Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization ​Program.

Research Interests

Application of N-alkynyl heterocycles in synthesis, natural product synthesis, medicinal chemistry, nucleic acid biochemistry focused on non-canonical DNA structures, self-assembly of reconfigurable soft materials

Teaching Interests

Organic chemistry, biochemistry, nucleic acids, and medicinal chemistry