Donald Hamelberg
Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Georgia State University
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Jessica Shepherd
Administrative Coordinator for the Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Georgia State University
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Interim Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Donald Hamelberg
Dr. Donald Hamelberg (Ph.D. ’01) is interim vice president for research and economic development at Georgia State University. He previously served as the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Before joining the dean’s office, Dr. Hamelberg led the Department of Chemistry as chair for three years. He also served as associate chair, director of graduate studies, associate director of graduate studies and professor of Chemistry. He has been a faculty member at Georgia State for 15 years.
He earned a Ph.D. in Computational Biophysical Chemistry from Georgia State in 2001. He also did postdoctoral training at the University of Illinois in Chicago, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Hamelberg has earned more than $4 million in grant funding to carry out computational biophysical chemistry research at Georgia State. He has published more than 100 studies and currently serves as editor of the journal Computational Biology and Chemistry (Elsevier), and as reviewing editor of eLife. He is also a member of multiple editorial advisory boards.
Career awards and recognitions include the NSF CAREER Award, prestigious recognitions from the American Chemical Society and Georgia Cancer Coalition, and multiple college awards.