John E. Walker

British biochemist (1941-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists

Sir John Ernest Walker is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

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2012Copley MedalAward1999Honorary member of the British Biophysical SocietyAward1997Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1996Portland Press Excellence in Science AwardAward1995Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1984EMBO MembershipAward1941Born7 January 1941