Biography of m katharine holloway chemist
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2021 ACS National Award winners—Part III
Credit: Courtesy of Craig Hawker
Craig Hawker
Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success: Craig J. Hawker
Sponsor: Kathryn C. Hach Award Fund
Citation: In recognition of Dr. Hawker’s innovative leadership in creating, developing, and commercializing revolutionary polymer-based therapeutics and personal-care products through multiple successful start-up companies
Current position: Clarke Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Education: BSc, chemistry, University of Queensland; PhD, University of Cambridge
Hawker on what gets his creative juices flowing: “I find that strong collaborations make research much more fun and rewarding. It is also an excellent strategy for venturing into new fields, where my chemical knowledge and viewpoint can lead to a different perspective on big problems.”
What Hawker’s colleagues say: “Craig is an outstanding entrepreneur and scholar who ha
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Women in Chemistry - Famous Female Chemists
Women have made many important contributions to the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. Here's a list of female scientists and a summary of the research or inventions that made them famous.
Barton to Burns
Jacqueline Barton - (USA, born 1952) Jacqueline Barton probes DNA with electrons. She uses custom-made molecules to locate genes and study their arrangement. She has shown that some damaged DNA molecules do not conduct electricity.
Ruth Benerito - (USA, born 1916) Ruth Benerito invented wash-and-wear cotton fabric. Chemical treatment of the cotton surface not only reduced wrinkles, but could be used to make it flame resistant and stain resistant.
Ruth Erica Benesch - (1925-2000) Ruth Benesch and her husband Reinhold made a discovery that helped explain how hemoglobin releases oxygen in the body. They learned that carbon dioxide functions as an indicator molecule, causing hemoglobin to release oxygen where c
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Co-authors
- Daniel J KleinComputational & Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc.Verified email at merck.com
- Arun K. GhoshIan P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry: Department of Medicinal ChemistryVerified email at purdue.edu
- Charles H. ReynoldsGfree Bio LLC, Ansaris, Rohm and Haas, Johnson & JohnsonVerified email at gfreebio.com
- Robert W MyersIndependent Consultant: Preclinical Drug DiscoveryVerified email at med.cornell.edu
- Steven D. YoungVP Medicinal Chemistry, Merck & Co. Ret.; Scientific Advisory Board, BeiGene LTDVerified email at beigene.com
- Ying-Duo GaoStructural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc.Verified email at merck.com
- Brad SherborneDirector CADD, Structura