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Jef De Brabander, Ph.D.

Jef De Brabander, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Professor

Endowed Title
Julie and Louis Beecherl Jr. Chair in Medical Science
School
Medical School
Department
Radiation Oncology | Biochemistry | Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Graduate Programs
Organic Chemistry
  • Biography

    Jef K. De Brabander, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is a native of Belgium, where he pursued his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Gent. Following postdoctoral studies at the University of Geneva and Stanford University as a NATO and Fulbright-Hays fellow, he began his independent career at the University of Geneva.

    In 1998, Dr. Brabander was recruited to UT Southwestern, where he was promoted to Professor in 2007. He currently holds the Julie and Louis Beecherl, Jr., Chair in Medical Science, and was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Brabander was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, and co-founded three start-up companies including Reata Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Biogen Idec 2023).