David A. Tirrell

David A. Tirrell
Born1953
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Massachusetts
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry and Chemical Engineering
InstitutionsCarnegie-Mellon University, University of Massachusetts, California Institute of Technology
Doctoral studentsKristi Kiick
Websitetirrell-lab.caltech.edu/DavidTirrell
External videos
video icon Reinterpreting the Genetic Code - 2010 Dickson Prize Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University

David A. Tirrell (born 1953) is an American chemist and the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[1] A pioneer in the areas of polymer synthesis and protein biosynthesis, his research has a wide range of applications, including coatings, adhesion, lubrication, bioengineering and biomedical intervention. From 2012 to 2018, Tirrell was the director of the Beckman Institute at Caltech.[2] As of 2017, he serves as Caltech's Provost.[3] He is one of very few American scientists to have been elected to all three branches of the United States National Academies: the National Academy of Sciences (2006),[4] the National Academy of Engineering (2008),[5] and the Institute of Medicine (2011).[6] He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.

  1. ^ "Professor David A. Tirrell". Caltech. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Caltech Professor David Tirrell Named Director of the Beckman Institute". About Caltech. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ^ "David Tirrell Named Caltech Provost | Caltech". The California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
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