Pluth
    Education:
    B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics, University of Oregon, 2004
    Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-2011

    Documents:
    Pluth CV [pdf]
    Pluth Bio [pdf]
    Pluth Headshot [pdf]
    Chemical Genealogy [pdf]
    Mike received his B.S. in chemistry and applied mathematics from the University of Oregon in 2004, where he conducted undergraduate research with Prof. David Tyler. He earned his PhD in 2008 as an NSF predoctoral fellow under the joint direction of Profs. Robert Bergman and Kenneth Raymond at UC Berkeley, where he investigated supramolecular chemistry and proton-catalyzed reactions in supramolecular hosts. Mike then moved to MIT, joining the research group of Prof. Stephen Lippard as an NIH Pathway to Independence Postdoctoral Fellow, where he investigated methods for biological nitric oxide detection. In 2011, Mike joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Oregon as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2016 and Professor in 2020. He is also a Member of the Materials Science Institute, a Faculty Associate of the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, and an Associate Member of the Institute of Molecular Biology. He has served as an Associate Vice President for Research at the UO since 2018. His research interests are thematically based on different aspects of molecular recognition at the interface of bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. Much of his lab focuses on developing chemical tools for investigating the roles of reactive sulfur species in biological systems.
    Selected Awards and Fellowships:
    2022      Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    2021      UO COVID-19 Research Innovation Award
    2018      Richard T. Jones New Investigator Award
    2018      Scialog Fellow
    2018      UO Center for Undergraduate Research & Engagement (CURE) Co-Awardee
    2017      UO Fund for Faculty Excellence Award
    2016      UO Outstanding Early Career Award
    2016      Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
    2015      Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
    2015      Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
    2015      NSF CAREER Award
    2010      NIH Pathway to Independence Award
    2008      NIH NRSA Ruth Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship, MIT
    2008      DIC Young Investigator Award, ACS
    2006      Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
    2004      NSF Pre-doctoral Fellowship, UC Berkeley
    2004      Phi Beta Kappa
    2004      The Chemical Society Outstanding Chemistry Student Award, UO
    2003      College of Arts and Letters Fellowship, UO
    2003      Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, UO