Peter Guy Wolynes

Peter Wolynes
Wolynes in 2016
Born
Peter Guy Wolynes

(1953-04-21) April 21, 1953
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Alma materIndiana University, Harvard University
Known forProtein folding, Spin glass, Systems Biology
AwardsACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry, Member of National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of American Physical Society, Fellow of Biophysical Society, Foreign Member of Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsChemical Physics, Theoretical Chemistry, Systems Biology
InstitutionsRice University, University of California, San Diego
Websitewolynes.rice.edu

Peter Guy Wolynes is an American theoretical chemist and physicist. Since 2011 he has been a Bullard-Welch Foundation Professor of Science and professor of chemistry at Rice University. He is widely recognized for his significant contributions to the theories of protein folding, glasses, and gene networks. Previously he was James R. Eiszner Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Francis H.C. Crick Chair of Physical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.

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