K. Darrell Berlin
Regents Professor of Chemistry
1971
Darrell Berlin, a senior member of the American Chemical Society and of the Royal
Society of London, has made important contributions in the field of organophosphorus
chemistry and was a co-founder of the journal Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon. He
is also recognized as a pioneer in development of heteroarotinoids as anti-cancer
agents. Twenty students earned the MS, forty eight earned the PhD, and thirty one
post doctorals studied in the group. More than 325 papers were published in peer reviewed
journals. He was the first Regents Professor appointed at OSU. At OSU he received
the Sigma XI Award in research, the Regents Distinguished Research Award, the Regents
Distinguished Teaching Award, the Eminent Faculty Award, State of Oklahoma Medal of
Excellence for Teaching at the College/University Level, the Burlington Northern Faculty
Achievement award 1987-88, and was appointed an American Chemical Society ACS Fellow
(2011).
