Awards & Winners

Peter Dervan

Date of Birth 28-June-1945
Place of Birth Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Peter B Dervan
Profession Chemist
Peter B. Dervan is the Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology. The primary focus of his research is the development and study of small organic molecules that can sequence-specifically recognize DNA, a field in which he is an internationally recognized authority. The most important of these small molecules are pyrrole–imidazole polyamides. He is married to fellow Caltech chemist Jacqueline Barton.

Awards by Peter Dervan

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2006


National Medal of Science for Chemistry
(For his fundamental research contributions at the interface of organic chemistry and biology, and for his influence in education and industrial innovation.)