Sunney Chan

Sunney Ignatius Chan
Sunney Chan in 1966
Born	(1936-10-05) October 5, 1936 (age 88) San Francisco, California, US
Nationality	American
Other names	陳長謙
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Use of NMR on biological systems; the interactions of Cytochrome c oxidase
Awards	Guggenheim Fellow (1968) William C. Rose Award (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Biophysical chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Riverside California Institute of Technology Academia Sinica National Taiwan University National Chung Hsing University
Thesis	The nature of the ring puckering vibration and its effects on the far-infrared and microwave spectra of trimethylene oxide (1961)
Doctoral advisor	William Dulaney Gwinn
Other academic advisors	Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (post doc advisor)
Doctoral students	Utpal Banerjee Michael Sheetz

Sunney Ignatius Chan (Chinese: 陳長謙; born October 5, 1936) is an American-born biophysical chemist. His work primarily focused on the use of various magnetic resonance spectroscopic and other physical chemical techniques in the analysis of various biochemical and biological problems.