Philip Hanawalt
Philip Courtland Hanawalt | |
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| Born | 1931 (age 93–94) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Deep Springs College Yale University, Oberlin College |
| Known for | discovery of the process of repair replication of damaged DNA and the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair. |
| Spouse | Graciela Spivak |
| Children | 4, including Lisa Hanawalt |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | biophysics, cancer biology, dermatology |
| Institutions | University of Copenhagen California Institute of Technology Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Setlow |
Philip C. Hanawalt (born 1931) is an American biologist who discovered the process of repair replication of damaged DNA in 1963. He is also considered the co-discoverer of the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair along with his mentor, Richard Setlow, and Paul Howard-Flanders. He holds the Dr. Morris Herzstein Professorship in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, with a joint appointment in the Dermatology Department in Stanford University School of Medicine.