Ronald T. Raines

Ronald T. Raines
BornAugust 13, 1958 (1958-08-13) (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forResearch on collagen, ribonucleases, protein chemistry, and biofuels
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisEnergetics of enzymatic catalysis: Triosephosphate isomerase
Doctoral advisorJeremy R. Knowles
Other academic advisorsWilliam J. Rutter (postdoctoral)
Christopher T. Walsh (undergraduate)

Ronald T. Raines is an American chemical biologist. He is the Roger and Georges Firmenich Professor of Natural Products Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for using ideas and methods of physical organic chemistry to solve important problems in biology.