Robert Heinz Abeles | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | January 14, 1926
Died | June 18, 2000 | (aged 74)
Citizenship | American |
Education | University of Chicago, University of Michigan |
Known for | Mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biological chemistry |
Institutions | Ohio State University, University of Colorado, Brandeis University, Harvard |
Academic advisors | Frank Westheimer |
Doctoral students | Christopher Walsh |
Robert Heinz Abeles (January 14, 1926 – June 18, 2000) was an American biochemist, dedicated in particular to enzymology and chemical biology.[1][2][3] He was born in Vienna, but his family moved to Chicago in 1939, and he made most of his career at Brandeis University. In his later years, Abeles had serious health problems, including Hodgkin's disease in the 1970s and Parkinson's disease in the last ten years.[3]