Ignacio Tinoco, Jr.
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Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Alma mater | University of New Mexico, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Yale University |
Doctoral advisor | John D. Ferry |
Other academic advisors | John G. Kirkwood |
Doctoral students | Carlos Bustamante, Charles Cantor |
Influenced | Douglas H. Turner, Olke C. Uhlenbeck |
Ignacio Tinoco, Jr. was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he had held since 1956.[1]
Ignacio Tinoco received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1951, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1954.[2] He was a postdoctoral fellow with John G. Kirkwood at Yale University from 1954-56. He joined the University of California, Berkeley as a faculty member in 1956, where he is Professor in the Graduate School and a Faculty Senior Scientist, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He was Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1979–82).
His honors and awards include: Guggenheim Fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory, Cambridge (1964); California Section Award, American Chemical Society (1965); D.Sc. University of New Mexico (1972); Member, National Academy of Sciences (1985); Elisabeth R. Cole Award (Founders Award), Biophysical Society (1996);[3] Berkeley Citation, University of California (1996); Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001); Emily M. Gray Award, Biophysical Society (2006); Fellow: American Physical Society, Biophysical Society.
He died on November 15, 2016 at the age of 85.[4]
References
- ↑ "Emeriti Faculty". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ Tinoco, I. (2002). "Physical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 53: 1–15. PMID 11972000. doi:10.1146/annurev.physchem.53.082001.144341.
- ↑ Founders Award page
- ↑ Wang, Linda. "Ignacio Tinoco dies at age 85 | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
Further reading
- Tinoco, Ignacio (6 May 2014). "Fun and Games in Berkeley: The Early Years (1956–2013)". Annual Review of Biophysics. 43 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev-biophys-051013-022708.—Autobiographical article by Tinoco