David E. Cane

David E. Cane
Born (1944-09-22) 22 September 1944 (age 80)
Alma materHarvard University (B. A., 1966) (M. A., 1967) (Ph.D., 1971)
Known forNatural product biosynthesis
AwardsAlfred Bader Award of the American Chemical Society; Repligen Corporation Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes, American Chemical Society; Prelog Medal of the Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, Zürich; Kitasato Medal in Microbial Chemistry; Ernest Guenther Award of the American Chemical Society,
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Chemical Biology
InstitutionsBrown University
Doctoral advisorE. J. Corey

David E. Cane (born September 22, 1944) is an American biological chemist. He is Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and professor of molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He is recognized for his work on the biosynthesis of natural products, particularly terpenoids and polyketides.[1] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003 [2] and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

  1. ^ "Home | Chemistry | Brown University". 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "AAAS - the World's Largest General Scientific Society". Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2008-10-14.)