Stephen James Benkovic | |
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| Born | April 20, 1938 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Lehigh University, Cornell University, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Awards | Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1977) National Medal of Science (2009) NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mechanistic enzymology, biochemistry |
| Institutions | Penn State University |
| Academic advisors | Thomas C. Bruice |
Stephen James Benkovic is an American chemist known for his contributions to the field of enzymology. He holds the Evan Pugh University Professorship and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University.[1] He has developed boron compounds that are active pharmacophores against a variety of diseases. Benkovic has concentrated on the assembly and kinetic attributes of the enzymatic machinery that performs DNA replication, DNA repair, and purine biosynthesis.[2][3][4]
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