Tuomas Knowles
Tuomas Knowles | |
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| Nationality | British, Finnish |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, University of Geneva |
| Known for | Protein biophysics |
| Awards | Corday–Morgan Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics, Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, Rita and John Cornforth Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Sir Mark Welland |
| Other academic advisors | Sir Chris Dobson |
Tuomas Knowles is a British scientist and Professor of Physical Chemistry and Biophysics at the Department of Chemistry and at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is the co-director of the Cambridge Centre for Misfolding Diseases and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Prof. Knowles is a co-founder of four biotechnology companies: Fluidic Analytics, Wren Therapeutics, Xampla and Transition Bio. He was also the Cambridge Enterprise Academic Entrepreneur of the year in 2019.