Harold Scheraga
American biophysicist (1921–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harold Abraham Scheraga (October 18, 1921 – August 1, 2020) was an American biophysicist and the George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor Emeritus in the chemistry department at Cornell University.[1] Scheraga is regarded as a pioneer in protein biophysics and has been especially influential in the study of protein solvation and the hydrophobic effect as it relates to protein folding.[2][3]
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Born | (1921-10-18)October 18, 1921 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 1, 2020(2020-08-01) (aged 98) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Education | City College of New York Duke University |
Known for | Theoretical and computational studies of protein folding |
Awards | William H. Nichols Medal (1974) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysics |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Thesis | Kinetics of the thermal chlorination of benzal chloride (1946) |
Doctoral advisor | P.M. Gross & M.E. Hobbs |
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