Donald Crothers

Donald Morris Crothers
Donald M. Crothers (18 June 2011)
Don Crothers, photographed 18 June 2011
Born(1937-01-28)January 28, 1937
DiedMarch 16, 2014(2014-03-16) (aged 77)
Nationality American
Citizenship American
Alma materYale University
University of Cambridge
UCSD
Known forNucleic acid structure and function
SpouseLeena Kareoja-Crothers
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsYale University
Thesis The denaturation of helical polynucleotides  (1963)
Doctoral advisorBruno Zimm

Donald Crothers (January 28, 1937 – March 16, 2014) was a professor of chemistry at Yale University in the United States. He was best known for his work on nucleic acid structure and function.