William A. Eaton (biophysicist)
William Allen Eaton (born June 4, 1938 ) is an American biophysicist and is considered one of the leading experts on the physics of proteins .
Eaton received his BA at the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 , was at the Free University of Berlin in 1960 and then again at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 an MD and in 1967 a Ph.D. to obtain. His doctoral thesis dealt with the topic of electronic spectroscopy of hemoproteins . In 1968 Eaton went to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland . Since 1986 he has been director of the Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, the laboratory for basic research at the NIH.
Awards
- Founder's Award from the Biophysical Society
- Hans Neurath Award from the Protein Society
- Humboldt Research Award
- John Scott Medal of the City of Philadelphia
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Fellow of the Biophysical Society
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 2012 Max Delbruck Prize
- 2016 honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin
- 2019 Henry M. Stratton Medal
Individual evidence
- ^ Prize recipient William A. Eaton. Retrieved July 11, 2013 .
Web links
- Homepage of William A. Eaton
- Literature by and about William A. Eaton (biophysicist) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eaton, William A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eaton, William Allen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1938 |