Judith Klinman
Judith Pollock Klinman | |
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| Born | April 17, 1941 |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania A.B. (1962), Ph.D. (1966) |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California at Berkeley |
| Thesis | A Kinetic Study of the Hydrolysis and Imidazole-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Substituted Benzoyl Imidazole in Light and Heavy Water (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward R. Thornton |
| Doctoral students | Natalie Ahn |
| Website | www |
Judith P. Klinman (born April 17, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American chemist, biochemist, and molecular biologist known for her work on enzyme catalysis. She became the first female professor in the physical sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 1978, where she is now Professor of the Graduate School and Chancellor's Professor. In 2012, she was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Philosophical Society.