Dick Haugland

Dick Haugland
Born
Richard Paul Haugland

(1943-07-17)July 17, 1943
Huron, South Dakota, U.S.
DiedOctober 5, 2016(2016-10-05) (aged 73)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Alma materStanford University
Hamline University
OrganizationRichard P. Haugland Foundation
Parent(s)Elizabeth M. (Steuber) Haugland
Nelvin E. Haugland

Richard Paul Haugland (July 17, 1943 – October 5, 2016) was an American scientist noted for his work in researching and commercializing fluorescent dyes.[1] He completed his PhD at Stanford in 1970 under Lubert Stryer, showing in a now widely cited and classic paper that Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) can be used as a "spectroscopic ruler" to measure distances in macromolecules.[2] Haugland founded Molecular Probes in 1975 and continued as its president after the corporation was bought by Invitrogen in 2003.[1][3] He is the original author of the authoritative volume on molecular probes, The Molecular Probes Handbook,[4] now in its 11th edition.

  1. ^ a b C. D. Geddes and J. R. Lakowicz (2003) Who's Who in Fluorescence, Springer.
  2. ^ Schuler B.; et al. (2005). "Polyproline and the "spectroscopic ruler" revisited with single-molecule fluorescence". PNAS. 102 (8): 2754–2759. Bibcode:2005PNAS..102.2754S. doi:10.1073/pnas.0408164102. PMC 549440. PMID 15699337.
  3. ^ The Business Information Agency Corp. International (2008) USA Major Manufacturers 8th ed., pp. 445
  4. ^ Molecular probes