Joseph Houck
Professional Appointments and Affiliations
Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Curriculum
Associate Teaching Professor
Office
220B Whitmore Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Mailing Address
104 Chemistry Building
Education & Experience
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2013-2016
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Virginia, May 2013, Advisor: Timothy L. Macdonald, Ph.D., Dissertation: Optimization of the Activity and Metabolism of Amidine-based Sphingosine Kinase Inhibitors
B.S., Chemistry with a secondary emphasis in Education, Juniata College, May 2008
Honors and Awards
The Pennsylvania State University
Division of Chemical Education Travel Award, 2020
Completion of Institute for Emerging Leaders in Online Learning (IELOL), Online Learning Consortium, 2019
University Court, Penn State Homecoming, 2017
Completion of PKAL STEM Leadership Institute, American Association of Colleges & Universities, 2017
University of Maryland
Dean’s Outstanding Lecturer Award, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, 2015
Elevate Fellowship (for course redesign), Teaching and Learning Transformation Center, 2015-2016
Younger Chemist Leadership Development Award, American Chemical Society, 2014
University of Virginia
Department of Chemistry Graduate Teaching Award, 2013
Pratt Dissertation-Year Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, 2013
Society of Fellows Travel Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2013
Division of Medicinal Chemistry Travel Award, American Chemical Society, 2012
Robert J. Huskey Travel Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Summer 2012
Finalist, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation-Year Fellowship, 2012 (Nominated by the Department of Chemistry and was one of four finalists in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
Pratt Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, 2008 – 2011
Juniata College
Donald M. Rockwell Chemistry Prize, 2008
Donald M. Rockwell Endowed Chemistry Scholarship, 2007
Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society), 2007-2008
Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry Honor Society), 2007-2008
Juniata College Honor Society, 2007-2008
Joseph A. Dixon Travel Award, Central Pennsylvania Local Section of the ACS, Spring 2007
NSF-REU Leadership Group Travel Award, Spring 2007
Selected Publications
Houck, J. D., Dawson, T. K., Kennedy, A. J., Kharel, Y., Naimon, N. D., Field, S. D., Lynch, K., Macdonald, T. L. Structural requirements and docking analysis of amidine-based sphingosine kinase inhibitors containing oxadiazoles. ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2016. 7 (5), 487-492.
Baykoucheva, S., Houck, J. D., White, N. Integration of EndNote Online in information literacy instruction designed for small and large chemistry courses. J. Chem. Educ. 2016. 93 (3), 470-476.
Houck, J. D., Machamer, N., Erickson, K. Graduate Student Outreach: Model of a One-day “Chemistry Camp” for Elementary Students. J. Chem. Ed. 2014. 91 (10), 1606-1610.
Klanicová, A., Houck, J. D., Baran, P., Trávníček, Z. Synthesis, X-ray structures, properties and SOD-like activity of ternary copper(II) complexes showing the N4O2 coordination with a combination of monodentate and bidentate N-donor ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2012, 384, 47-53.
Kennedy, A. J., Mathews, T. P., Kharel, Y., Field, S. D., Moyer, M. L., East, J. E., Houck, J. D., Lynch, K. R., Macdonald, T. L.
Development of Amidine-Based Sphingosine Kinase 1 Nanomolar Inhibitors and Reduction of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate in Human Leukemia Cells. J. Med. Chem. Chem. 2011, 54 (10), 3524-3548.
Kharel, Y., Mathews, T. P., Kennedy, A. J., Houck, J. D., Macdonald, T. L., Lynch, K. R. A rapid assay for assessment of sphingosine kinase inhibitors and substrates. Anal. Biochem. 2011, 411(2), 230-235.