• Ph D, Organic Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, 1988
• BA, Chemistry, Augustana College, 1983

• REU Site: The Northern Plains REU Site - Serving the Needs of Regional Tribal Colleges and Local Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, National Science Foundation, (2011 - 2014)
• Computer Upgrade and Networking of Multi-User Spectroscopic Instrumentation, NSF CRIF, (1997 - 1998)
• Determination of the Aqueous Acidities of Carbonyl Compounds, University of South Dakota Office of Research, (1993 - 1994)
• Incorporating Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Laboratory Curriculum, University of South Dakota Faculty Development Grant, (1993 - 1994)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Baride, Aravind, Hawkinson, David, Engebretson, Daniel, and May, Stanley. One- and two-photon electron-transfer induced uncaging of coumarin from cinnamate-capped CdSe quantum dots. Vol. 222 JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 2020. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117112)
• Hawkinson, David, and Ying, Wang. Relative Stabilities of Exocyclic, s-trans and Endocyclic, s-cis Dienolates: Enolization of 1-Decalenone, 3592-3595. Vol. 72 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007. (DOI: 10.1021/jo070068y)
• Thornburg, Lora D., Hénot, Frédéric, Bash, Diarmad P., Hawkinson, David, Bartle, Shawn D., and Pollack, Ralph M.. Electrophilic Assistance by Asp-99 of 3-Oxo-Δ5-steroid Isomerase, 10499-10506. Vol. 37 Biochemistry, 1998. (DOI: 10.1021/bi980099a)
• Hawkinson, David, Feiock, Jeffrey M., Nevy, John B., and Wu, Yue-Zhong . Enolization and Hydrolysis of 7-Nitroisochroman-3-one: Generation of a Relatively Stable Lactone Enolate, 5345-5349. Vol. 63 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998. (DOI: 10.1021/jo980032t)
• Nevy, John B., Hawkinson, David, Blotny, Grzegorz, Yao, Xudong, and Pollack, Ralph M.. Transition State Imbalance in the Deprotonation of Substituted 2-Tetralones by Hydroxide Ion, 12722-12726. Vol. 119 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997. (DOI: 10.1021/ja972600c)
• Zawrotny, Michael E., Hawkinson, David, Blotny, Grzegorz, and Pollack, Ralph M.. Mechanism of Proton Transfer in the Isomerization of 5-Androstene-3,17-dione by 3-Oxo-Δ5-steroid Isomerase and its D38E Mutant, 6438-6442. Vol. 35 Biochemistry, 1996. (DOI: 10.1021/bi953025x)
• Hawkinson, David, Pollack, Ralph M., and Ambulos Jr., Nicholas P.. Evaluation of the Internal Equilibrium Constant for 3-Oxo-Δ5-steroid Isomerase Using the D38E and D38N Mutants: The Energetic Basis for Catalysis, 12172-12183. Vol. 33 Biochemistry, 1994. (DOI: 10.1021/bi00206a021)
• Hawkinson, David, and Pollack, Ralph M.. Is a Proton Relay Involved in the Mechanism of 3-Oxo-Δ5-steroid Isomerase?, 694-698. Vol. 32 Biochemistry, 1993. (DOI: 10.1021/bi00053a038)
• Hawkinson, David, Eames, Teresa C., and Pollack, Ralph M.. Energetics of 3-Oxo-Δ5-Steroid Isomerase: Source of the Catalytic Power of the Enzyme, 10849-10858. Vol. 30 Biochemistry, 1991. (DOI: 10.1021/bi00109a007)
• Hawkinson, David, Eames, Teresa C., and Pollack, Ralph M.. Kinetic Competence of an Externally Generated Dienol Intermediate with Steroid Isomerase, 6956-6964. Vol. 30 Biochemistry, 1991. (DOI: 10.1021/bi00242a021)
• Eames, Teresa C., Hawkinson, David, and Pollack, Ralph M.. Direct Determination of the Partitioning of an Enzyme-Bound Intermediate, 1996-1998. Vol. 112 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1990. (DOI: 10.1021/ja00161a054)
• Kevill, Dennis N., Adolf, Horst R., Wang, An, Hawkinson, David, and D'Souza, Malcom J.. Perchlorate Esters. Part 9. Correlation of the Rates of Solvolysis of Methyl Perchlorate, 2023-2028. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions II, 1990. (DOI: 10.1039/P29900002023)
• Kevill, Dennis N., and Hawkinson, David. Solvolysis of 1-Adamantyl Nitrate. A YONO2 Scale and Product Partitioning in Aqueous Ethanol, 5394-5399. Vol. 55 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990. (DOI: 10.1021/jo00306a018)
• Kevill, Dennis N., and Hawkinson, David. Correlation of the Rates of Solvolysis of 2-Adamantyl 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanesulfonate: A YOTr Scale, 154-158. Vol. 54 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989. (DOI: 10.1021/jo00262a035)
• Hawkinson, David, and Kevill, Dennis N.. Studies of the Solvolysis of 2-Adamantyl Pentafluorobenzenesulfonate: A YPFBS Scale, 3857-3860 . Vol. 53 Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1988. (DOI: 10.1021/jo00251a039)
• Kevill, Dennis N., Rissmann, Thomas J., and Hawkinson, David. Preparation of Boron-Carbon Compositions by Chemical Vapor Deposition. In Proceedings of the Fourth Working Group Meeting on Thermoelectrics, Section III: Boron Carbides and Boron-Rich Borides. Vol. 1985 Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, 1985.

• Doctoral Research Award, Graduate School - Northern Illinois University, 1987

• Hawkinson, David, Reactivity of Esters with Anilinomagnesium Halides. Presented at the 47th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Omaha, NE. (October 24, 2012)
• Hawkinson, David, and Furness, Amanda, Studies of the Bodroux Reaction in Tetrahydrofuran. Presented at the 46th Midwest-39th Great Lakes Joint Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Saint Louis, MO. (October 20, 2011)
• Hawkinson, David, May, Stanley, Engebretson, Daniel, Burum, Brandon, and Baride, Avavind, Two‐photon uncaging of coumarin from cinnamate‐coated CdSe quantum dots as a model drug delivery system.. Presented at the 45th Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Wichita, KS. (October 19, 2010)