Jeffrey D. Evanseck received B.S. degrees in computer science and chemistry from Purdue University (1986) and published his first J. Am. Chem. Soc. manuscript as an undergraduate researcher on the SN2 mechanism with Professor W. L. Jorgensen. He received a Ph.D. (1990) degree working with K. N. Houk at UCLA in the field of computational and theoretical organic chemistry. He applied his knowledge of organic chemistry to biophysical systems, when he became a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University working with M. Karplus to study the visualization, dynamics, and catalysis of important enzymes. In 1994, he joined the faculty at University of Miami, and was the Chair of the South Florida Section of the ACS (1996-1999), recipient of the ACS Young Researcher Award in 1995, and earned the University Excellence in Teaching Award in 1999. He moved to Duquesne University in 2000 as the Director of the Center for Computational Sciences at Duquesne University to promote education, research, and small business growth in Southwest Pennsylvania. He was the Secretary (2001-2004) and Chair (2004-2007) of the Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division of the ACS. He was promoted to full Professor in 2004, and was honored as the first endowed Professor of the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences as the Fr. Joseph Lauritis Chair in Teaching and Technology for his scientific distinctions in chemical theory, computation, and education.