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Frances Arnold

Nobel prize winning US scientist and engineer (born 1956) · United States · Scientists

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Frances Hamilton Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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2023Perkin MedalAward2020Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2019Benjamin Franklin MedalAward2018Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward2017Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence ResearchAwardSociety of Women Engineers Achievement AwardAward2016Millennium Technology PrizeAward2014National Inventors Hall of FameAward2011Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAwardNational Medal of Technology and InnovationAward2009Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2008Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United StatesAward2005Garvan-Olin MedalAward1989Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringAward1956Born25 July 1956

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Perkin Medal2023
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2020
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science2019
Benjamin Franklin Medal2019
Nobel Prize in Chemistry2018
BBC 100 Women2018
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research2017
Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award2017
Millennium Technology Prize2016
Honorary Doctor of ETH Zürich2015
National Inventors Hall of Fame2014
National Medal of Technology and Innovation2011
Charles Stark Draper Prize2011
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2011
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2009
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States2008
FASEB Excellence in Science Award2007
Garvan-Olin Medal2005
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering1989
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

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Frances Hamilton Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70

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Sean M. CarrollBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringAndrea M. GhezBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringLaurie GlimcherBoth received FASEB Excellence in Science AwardChad MirkinBoth received Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence ResearchLuis von AhnBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringBonnie L. BasslerBoth received FASEB Excellence in Science Award

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