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Laurence Lavelle
Professor Laurence Lavelle is part of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles and is currently a Distinct Lecturer, teaching over two thousand students a year and oversees thirty teaching assistants and tutors. In addition to UCLA, Professor Lavelle has taught at the University of Cape Town, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of the Witwatersrand, and Princeton University. Throughout his years in the field of biophysics, biophysical chemistry, and structural biology, Lavelle has approximately thirty publications and has received many awards for his work in research.

Early Life
Laurence Lavelle was born in Dublin, Ireland and attended St. David's in Johannesburg and Bishops in Cape Town, South Africa.

Education
Laurence Lavelle received his B.Sc. in Chemistry with a minor in Microbiology and Physical Oceanography from the University of Cape Town, with an Honors in Chemistry. Additionally, he earned his M.Sc. with Distinction in Physical Chemistry. He then moved to the United States and received his MA and Ph.D. from Princeton in Molecular Biophysics. Finally, he did his post-doctorate at UCLA's Molecular Biology Institute.

Achievements and Honors

 * Mortar Board Honorary Member (student elected)
 * Sigma Pi's Professor of Empowerment Award
 * University Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA's highest teaching award
 * Faculty Development Award (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
 * Office of Instructional Development Mini-Grant Award (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 * Academic Advancement Program Faculty Recognition Award, UCLA
 * Hanson-Dow Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
 * Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Innovative Research, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
 * Student Travel Award, Biophysical Society
 * Molecular Biophysics NIH PreDoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University
 * Autodesk Educational Software Award
 * Student Travel Award, Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
 * Berlex Fellowship, Berlex Pharmaceutical Company
 * Harry Crossley Award, Masters Thesis, University of Cape Town
 * Sir Robert Kotze Award, Masters Thesis, University of Cape Town
 * CSIR Fellowship, University of Cape Town
 * Graduate Fellowship, University of Cape Town
 * CSIR Fellowship, University of Cape Town
 * Class Medal, Physical Chemistry, University of Cape Town

Publications
Lavelle, L. (1986) Crystal Structure of Bis(isothiocyanato)tetra(4-vinylpyridine)nickel(II).2(ortho-bromo-iodo-benzene). Honors Thesis. Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa.

Lavelle, L. (1988) Selective Criteria in Werner Clathrates. M.Sc. Thesis (Distinction), pp.1-186. Dept. of Physical Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa.

Lavelle, L., Nassimbeni, L.R., Niven, M.L., Taylor, M.W. (1989) Studies on Werner Clathrates. Part 11. Structure and Thermal Analysis of Bis(isothiocyanato)tetrakis(4-phenylpyridine)nickel(II) Benzene Clathrate(1:4). Acta Cryst., C45, 591-595.

Lavelle, L. (1992) Studies on Werner Clathrates. Part 14. Analysis of the Properties Selected for by the Host Bis(isothiocyanato)tetra(4-vinylpyridine)nickel(II). J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 24, 3511-3514.

Lavelle, L., Nassimbeni, L.R. (1993) Studies on Werner Clathrates. Part 13. Selective Criteria in Werner Clathrates. Six Crystal Structures with Bis(isothiocyanato)tetra(4-vinylpyridine)nickel(II) as Host. J. Incl. Phenom. & Mol. Recog., 16, 25-54.

Lavelle, L. (1993) Is Africa Ignored in 'International Science'? Physics Today, 46 (September), 92.

Lavelle, L., Fresco, J.R. (1994) Evidence for the Formation of a Triplex via a Proton Switch. UV Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Identification of Protonated Third Strand Cytidine Residues at Neutrality in the Triplex d(C+-T)6:[d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6]. Biophysical J., 66, A231.

Fresco, J.R., Dolinnaya, N.G., Lavelle, L., Shiber, M.C. (1995) Alpha-DNA, a Repeating Sequence Single-Stranded Helical Secondary Structure Maintained by Longitudinal Base-Backbone Ionic and H-bonds. J. Biomolecular Structures & Dynamics, 12(6), A055.

Lavelle, L., Fresco, J.R. (1995) UV Spectroscopic Identification and Thermodynamic Analysis of Protonated Third Strand Deoxycytidine Residues at Neutrality in the Triplex d(C+-T)6:[d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6]; Evidence for a Proton Switch. Nucleic Acids Research, 23, 14, 2692-2705.

Shiber, M.C., Lavelle, L., Fossella, J.A., Fresco, J.R. (1995) Alpha-DNA, a Single-Stranded Secondary Structure Stabilized by Ionic and Hydrogen bonds: d(A+-G)n. Biochemistry, 34, 14293-14299.

Lavelle, L. (1996) Nucleic Acids, Water and Protons: Triplexes, Duplexes and Uniplexes. Ph.D. Thesis, pp.1-162. Molecular Biophysics, Dept. of Chemistry, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.

Lavelle, L., Fresco, J. (1999) Enhanced Stabilization of the Triplexes d(C+-T)6:d(A-G)6•d(C-T)6, d(T)21:d(A)21•d(T)21 and poly r(U:A•U) by Water Structure-Making Solutes. Biophysical J., 76, A152.

Kopka, M.L., Han, G.W., Lavelle, L., Dickerson, R.E. (2000) Structure of a RNA/DNA Hybrid of the Polypurine Tract of HIV-1. J. Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, 17(6), 1142-1143.

Kopka, M.L., Han, G.W., Lavelle, L., Ng, H.L., Dickerson, R.E. (2001) HIV-1 Polypurine Tract RNA/DNA Decamer Crystal Structure with an Unusual Sugar Conformation. J. Biomol. Struct. & Dyn., 18(6), 902.

Lavelle, L., Fresco, J.R. (2003) Stabilization of Nucleic Acid Triplexes by High Concentrations of Sodium and Ammonium Salts Follows the Hofmeister Series. Biophysical Chemistry, 105(2-3), 681-699.

Lavelle, L., Fresco, J.R. (2003) Enhanced Stabilization of the Triplexes d(C+-T)6:d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6, d(T)21:d(A)21.d(T)21 and Poly r(U:A.U) by Water Structure-Making Solutes. Biophysical Chemistry,105, 701-720.

Kopka, M.L., Lavelle, L., Han, G.W., Ng, H.L., Dickerson, R.E. (2003) An Unusual Sugar Conformation in the Structure of an RNA/DNA Decamer of the Polypurine Tract May Affect Recognition by RNase H. J. Mol. Biology, 334(4), 653-665.

Evilevitch, A., Lavelle, L., Knobler, C.M., Raspaud, E., Gelbart, W.M. (2003) Osmotic Pressure Inhibition of DNA Ejection from Phage. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA),100(16), 9292-9295.

Evilevitch, A., Castelnovo, M., Lavelle, L., Knobler, C.M., Raspaud, E., Gelbart, W.M. (2003) Osmotic Force Suppression of Viral Ejection. 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY.

Evilevitch, A., Lavelle, L., Raspaud, E., Gelbart, W.M., Knobler, C.M. (2004) Packaging DNA in Small Containers: Osmotic Suppression of DNA Ejection from Bacterial Viruses. 227th ACS National Meeting.

Michel, J.P., Gingery, M., Lavelle, L. (2004) Efficient Purification of Bromoviruses by Ultrafiltration. J. Virological Methods, 122(2), 195-198.

Lavelle, L. (2005) Dropping a Grade. Chemical & Engineering News, 83(9), 4.

Lavelle, L. (2005) Lessons Learned from the World Year of Physics. Physics Today, 58(12), 15.

Lavelle, L., Michel, J.P., Gingery, M. (2007) The Disassembly, Reassembly and Stability of CCMV Protein Capsids. J. Virological Methods, 146, 311-316.

Lavelle, L. (2008) Lanthanum (La) and Actinium (Ac) Should Remain in the d-block. J.Chem.Educ., 85, 1482-83.

Lavelle, L. (2008) Response to The Flyleaf Periodic Table. J. Chem. Educ., 85, 1491.

Lavelle, L. (2008) Book Review. Chemistry International 30(5), 25.

Lavelle, L. (2008) Book Review. Chemical & Engineering News, 86(45), 52-54.

Lavelle, L., Gingery, M., Phillips, M., Gelbart, W. M., Knobler, C. M., Cadena-Nava, R. D., Vega-Acosta, J. R., Pinedo-Torres, L. A., Ruiz-Garcia, J. (2009) Phase Diagram of Self-assembled Viral Capsid Protein Polymorphs. J. Physical Chemistry B., 113 (12), 3813–3819.

Lavelle, L. (2009) Response to Misapplying the Periodic Law. J. Chem. Educ., 86, 1187.