Professional Positions

Richard E. Heckert Endowed Chair in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Scientific Advisory Committee Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation, 2008-2012;
Chair vitamin B12 Gordon Research Conference;
Co-chair, Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference 2008;
NIGMS Advisory Council, 2016-2018;
Searle Scholars Advisory Board, 2017-2022;
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship Committee in Chemistry, 2021-2027;
Co-chair, ASBMB national conference, 2018;
Chair, 27th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference 2022

Education

1989, BS, Leiden University
1994, PhD, Rice University

APS Service

Vincent du Vigneaud award selection committee

Awards & Honors

2010, Jeremy Knowles Award, Royal Society of Chemistry
2011, Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
2013, Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, The Protein Society
2014, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2015, Bioorganic Chemistry Award, the Royal Society of Chemistry
2017, Repligen Award, American Chemical Society
2017, Vincent du Vigneaud Award, American Peptide Society
2021, Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2025, ACS Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry

Wilfred van der Donk
Councilor
Richard E. Heckert Endowed Chair in Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign