Alan Fersht
British chemist (1943-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists
Sir Alan Roy Fersht is a British chemist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He was Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 2012 to 2018.
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2020Copley MedalAward2009Wilhelm Exner MedalAward2008Bijvoet MedalAwardRoyal MedalAward2007Fellow of the Academy of Medical SciencesAward1999Honorary Doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit BrusselAward1998Davy MedalAward1996Feldberg Foundation PrizeAward1991Gabor MedalAward1983Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1943Born21 April 1943
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He works at the interface of chemistry, molecular biology and biophysics on protein science, and is sometimes described as a founder of protein engineering.
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Born 1943 · age 83