Sunney Chan
Sunney Ignatius Chan | |
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Chan in 2021 | |
| Born | October 5, 1936 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 2025 (aged 88) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Use of NMR on biological systems Interactions of Cytochrome c oxidase |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BS, PhD) |
| Thesis | The nature of the ring puckering vibration and its effects on the far-infrared and microwave spectra of trimethylene oxide (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Dulaney Gwinn |
| Other advisors | Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (post doc advisor) |
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| Discipline | Biophysical chemistry |
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Sunney Ignatius Chan (Chinese: 陳長謙; (Chén Zhǎngqiān) October 5, 1936 – May 5, 2025) was an American biophysical chemist. His work primarily focused on the use of various magnetic resonance spectroscopic and other physical chemical techniques in the analysis of various biochemical and biological problems.