Catherine McIntosh Goodman
25 First St. Suite 104, Cambridge, MA 02141. (617) 475-9240
c.goodman@us.nature.com
Education
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2004
Thesis title: “Synthetic hosts as scaffolds for biomolecular recognition”
University Fellow, 1998
B.A. (Chemistry), Rice University, Houston, TX, 1998
Wiess Fellow, 1998; Dean’s list, 1997; ‘Best Freshman’ Award, 1995
Professional Experience
Nature Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA
Senior Editor, 2009-present
Associate Editor, 2006-2009
Assistant Editor, 2006
• Principal responsibility is to evaluate primary research articles submitted to the journal and coordinate their review
and publication
• Other ongoing responsibilities include commissioning and editing news and analysis content as well as engaging
scientists in communities relevant to the journal, including travel to conferences, universities and institutes.
• Sporadic projects include the creation of a new journal content type, the development of a chemical style guide to
standardize journal presentation, and the organization of and/or contribution to an editorial handbook, several topical
focus issues and journal conferences.
• I have also played a significant role in training five editorial assistants and two new editors in the procedures of the
journal and the rationales behind those processes.
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelpha, PA, 2003-2006
Postdoctoral fellow, funded by National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, under the direction of William F.
DeGrado
• designed, synthesized and structurally characterized water-soluble beta-peptides as a test of protein design principles
in the context of a unique structure.
• synthesized membrane-soluble peptides to investigate assembled interfaces.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1998-2003
Graduate student, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health Chemical-Biology Interface Training Grant, under
the direction of Vincent M. Rotello and Lila M. Gierasch
• synthesized and characterized organic scaffolds to explore the redox potential modulation of the flavin cofactor
• prepared and characterized thiol-protected cationic gold nanoparticles as DNA-binding elements.
• performed structural analysis of two bioactive peptides using several biophysical techniques.
Teaching Assistant.
• taught and graded two sections of Chemistry 292, an organic chemistry lab for non-majors (Two semesters).
Dept. of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, 1996-1998
Research assistant under the direction of Scott F. Singleton:
• synthesized modified fluorescent nucleotides for biological studies.
Teaching Assistant.
• Taught weekly recitation and graded for Chemistry 101 and 102: General Chemistry.
Demonstration Assistant.
• Prepared demonstrations related to course material of Chemistry 101, 102, 111, and 112: General and Honors
Chemistry.
Carbon Cycle Group, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 1995-1996
Summer intern under the direction of Ed J. Dlugokencky:
• created computer programs to integrate and display data collected at global sampling sites to determine seasonal and
global trends in atmospheric gas concentrations.
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