Richard Earl Beal II
Educational Outreach Associate for the Office of Educational Outreach
State University of New York College of Environmental Health and Forestry
Syracuse, New York 13210 USA
Telephone (315) 470-4867; e-mail: rebeal@esf.edu
Education
August 1999 to December 2001, Graduate Studies in Ecology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. Research in Ecological Modeling of East Africa; Completed 51 credits in Systems Ecology, Ecosystems Science, Ecological Economics, and Geographic Modeling, 3.973 GPA.
May 1999, A.S. Monroe Community College, Rochester New York (General Studies). Coursework in Ecology, Botany, Zoology, and Earth Sciences.
June 1997, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Biochemistry (Biochemistry). Research on the Ubiquitin Degradation Pathway.
May 1991, B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Biochemistry (Biochemistry), Cum Laude.
Employment
August 2002 to present, Visiting Professor in Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York; Instructor for Global Environment and Energy and History.
August 2001 to present, Educational Outreach Associate for the Office of Educational Outreach, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York; Primary Mentor for ESF in the High School Program, Environmental Curriculum Development and Consulting, and School Science Fair Coordinator.
August 1999 to December 2001, Research Associate, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
August 1999 to June 2001, Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
July 1998 to June 1999 Teacher, Environmental Club Coordinator and Youth Coach, Peace Corps (Eritrea, East Africa).
January 1995 to June 1997, Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland.
August 1992 to May 1993, Teaching Assistant, Medical School Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo.
June 1992 to January 1995, Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Volunteer Work
1999 Soccer Coach, Flower City Soccer Club, Rochester, New York
1997-1998 Soccer Coach, Shabab Al-Geel Football Club, Assab, Eritrea
1996-1997 Exhibit Guide, The National Aquarium, Baltimore, Maryland
1987-1995 Assistant Soccer Coach, Mavericks Soccer Club (Jr Rhinos), Rochester, New York
Honors
Professional Associations
Professional Interests
Published Manuscripts
Beal, R., Toscano-Cantaffa, D., Young, P., Rechsteiner, M., and Pickart, C.M. (1998). The hydrophobic effect contributes to polyubiquitin chain recognition. Biochemistry 37:2925-2934.
Young, P., Deveraux, Q., Beal, R.E., Pickart, C.M., Rechsteiner, M. (1998) Characterization of two polyubiquitin binding sites in the 26 S protease subunit 5a. J. Biol. Chem., 273, 5461-5467.
Piotrowski, J., Beal, R., Hoffman, L., Wilkinson, K.D., Cohen, R.E., and Pickart, C.M. (1997). Inhibition of the 26S proteasome by polyubiquitin chains synthesized to have defined lengths. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 23712-23721.
Beal R, Devereaux Q, Xia G, Rechsteiner M, Pickart C. (1996) Surface hydrophobic residues of multiubiquitin chains essential for proteolytic targeting. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA; 93: 861-6.
Pickart, C., Kasperek, E., Beal, R., and Kim, A. (1994) Substrate properties of site-specific mutant ubiquitin protein (G76A) reveal unexpected mechanistic features of ubiquitin-activating enzyme (E1). J. Biol. Chem. 269, 7115-7123.