Wayne Hendrickson Scientist

Wayne A. Hendrickson (born April 25, 1941, New York City) is an American biophysicist and University professor at Columbia. He is best known for innovating the use of multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion as an analytical tool for protein crystallography.Hendrickson obtained a B.A. in biology and physics from University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a Ph.D in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992. He won the Christian B. Anfinsen Award in 1997, Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2003 and Harvey Prize in 2004.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 25, 1941
Birth place
Wisconsin , Spring Valley Wisconsin , United States
Citizenship
United States
Residence
United States
Education
Johns Hopkins University
University of Wisconsin–River Falls

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Scientist

awards
Christian B. Anfinsen
Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics
Gairdner Foundation International Award
Harvey Prize
Field of study
Biochemistry
Molecular biophysics

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External resources

  1. http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gsas/biochem/faculty/hendrickson.html