Nicholas Cozzarelli | |
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| Born | Nicholas Robert Cozzarelli March 26, 1938 Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Died | March 19, 2006 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Harvard Medical School |
| Known for | Discovery of topoisomerases |
| Spouse | Linda Cozzarelli |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Chicago University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | The L-L-Glycerophosphate Regulon in Escherichia coli (1966) |
| Academic advisors | Arthur Kornberg |
| Doctoral students | Patrick O. Brown, Mark Krasnow |
Nicholas Robert Cozzarelli (March 26, 1938, in Jersey City, New Jersey – March 19, 2006) was an American biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley,[1] and former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.