Franklin Stahl

Franklin William Stahl
Born (1929-10-08) October 8, 1929
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Rochester (PhD)
Known forMeselson-Stahl experiment
AwardsThomas Hunt Morgan Medal, and others
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
Genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Missouri, University of Oregon
Academic advisorsGiuseppe Bertani

Franklin (Frank) William Stahl (born October 8, 1929) is an American molecular biologist and geneticist. With Matthew Meselson, Stahl conducted the famous Meselson-Stahl experiment showing that DNA is replicated by a semiconservative mechanism, meaning that each strand of the DNA serves as a template for production of a new strand.

He is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology in Eugene, Oregon.