John E. Hearst
John E. Hearst | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1935 Vienna,Austria |
| Died | October 25, 2022(aged 87) Berkeley,CA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | DNAmodeling |
| Awards | FellowAAAS,Guggenheim Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | University of California Berkeley |
John E. Hearst(1935–2022) was an American-Austrian chemist in the fields ofchemistryandmolecular biologyand a Professor Emeritus atUniversity of California Berkeley.[1]He is known for his scientific work inmolecular biology,especially inDNAmodeling.
Biography
[edit]Hearst was born inVienna,Austriaon July 2, 1935, and immigrated to the United States as a small child to escape the Nazi regime.[2]He completed his B.E. from Yale University in 1957 followed by a Ph.D. from theCalifornia Institute of Technologyin 1961. His advisor was the well-known molecular biologist Prof. Jonathan Singer. He became a Miller Professor at Berkeley in 1970 followed by an illuminated career in science and scientific leadership,[1]among other key appointments serving as the Senior Staff Scientist, Structural Biology Division,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(1980–1999), and as the director of the Chemical Biodynamics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory for two terms (1986–1987, 1988–1989). He served as a president of theAmerican Society for Photobiology(1991–1992).
In the 1970s he worked with his collaborated with his colleague Henry Rapport developing a photochemical method of inactivation of pathogens that became the basis for the work of HRI Research and HRI Associates and later theCerus Corporation,which he co-founded in 1991.[3]As founding director, he served on the board of directors for a decade (1991–2003). He continued on as vice president of new science opportunities until his retirement in 2004 when he transitioned into a consulting role.[4]
He advised a number of graduate students during his career and led the Hearst Research Laboratory/group at Berkeley till his retirement.[5] He has a high number of citations to his work (20,520) and anh-indexof 74.[6]He was also an author of a book on general chemistry.[7]
Hearst was awarded an honorary degree of D.Sc. byLehigh Universityin 1992. He was a fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Scienceand aGuggenheim Fellowin 1968.[1][8]
Hearst died on October 25, 2022.[9]
References
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- ^Hoge, Patrick (2005-01-26)."Lily Hearst, 107 -- Berkeley's oldest citizen".SFGATE.Retrieved2022-10-09.
- ^"Henry Rapoport | College of Chemistry".chemistry.berkeley.edu.Retrieved2022-10-09.
- ^"Cerus Corporation Announces Transition of John Hearst".ir.cerus.com.Retrieved2022-10-09.
- ^"Hearst Group Home Page".
- ^"John e. Hearst".
- ^"General Chemistry".Goodreads.
- ^"John E. Hearst".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation...Retrieved22 May2023.
- ^"In Memoriam: John E. Hearst".Berkeley College of Chemistry.October 25, 2022.Retrieved22 May2023.
