Philip Courtland Hanawalt | |
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Born | 1931 (age 92–93) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Deep Springs College Yale University, Oberlin College |
Known for | discovery of the process of repair replication of damaged DNA and the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair. |
Spouse | Graciela Spivak |
Children | 4, including Lisa Hanawalt |
Scientific career | |
Fields | biophysics, cancer biology, dermatology |
Institutions | University of Copenhagen California Institute of Technology Stanford University |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Setlow |
Philip C. Hanawalt (born 1931)[1] is an American biologist who discovered the process of repair replication of damaged DNA in 1963. He is also considered the co-discoverer of the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair along with his mentor, Richard Setlow, and Paul Howard-Flanders. He holds the Dr. Morris Herzstein Professorship in the Department of Biology at Stanford University,[1] with a joint appointment in the Dermatology Department in Stanford University School of Medicine.