Steven Block

Steven Block

Steven M. Block (* 1952 ) is a physicist and biologist who conducts research in the field of kinetics .

Block received his BA in Physics from Oxford University in 1974 and an MA in Physics in 1978. He received an MA in Biology from the University of Colorado and a PhD in Biology from the California Institute of Technology in 1983 . After postdoctoral stays at Stanford University , among others , he became a lecturer at Harvard University in 1987 and Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University in 1994 . In 1999 he accepted a position at Stanford, where he is a member of both the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Applied Physics . Since 2006 he has been the W. Ascherman Chair of Sciences at the School of Humanities & Sciences in Stanford.

Awards

• 2000: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2006: NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania
• 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 2007: Member National Academy of Sciences
• 2007: Single Molecule Biophysics Prize of the Biophysical Society
• 2008: Max Delbruck Prize
• 2010: Fellow of the Biophysical Society Award
• 2011: Fellow of the American Physical Society
• 2012: National Lecturer, Biophysical Society

Web links

• Homepage Steven M. Block. Stanford University(English). 
• Block at the Department of Physics. Stanford University(English). 
• Profile on Google Scholar. 
• Steven Block in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Prize Recipient Steven M. Block. Retrieved August 28, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Directory of members of the AAAS. Accessed April 20, 2019 . 
3. ↑ NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology. (PDF; 725 kB) Retrieved on August 28, 2013 (English). 
4. ^ Fellow of the Biophysical Society Award: Past Fellows. Accessed April 20, 2019 .