Walter Gilbert

Walter Gilbert
ForMemRS
Walter Gilbert ForMemRS
	Walter Gilbert in 2008
Born	March 21, 1932; Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, MA); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	DNA sequencing
Spouse	Celia Stone (m. 1953)
Children	2
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1968); Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1979); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry; Physics;
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	On generalised dispersion relations and meson-nucleon scattering (1958)
Doctoral advisor	Abdus Salam
Doctoral students	Benno Müller-Hill; Didier Stainier; George M. Church; Gerald Guralnik; Helen Donis-Keller; Jack Greenblatt;
Website	www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1980/gilbert-bio.html

Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.

Walter Gilbert ForMemRS
Walter Gilbert in 2008
Born	(1932-03-21) March 21, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (BA, MA) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	DNA sequencing
Spouse	Celia Stone (m. 1953)
Children	2
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1968) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1979) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry Physics
Institutions	Harvard University
Thesis	On generalised dispersion relations and meson-nucleon scattering (1958)
Doctoral advisor	Abdus Salam
Doctoral students	Benno Müller-Hill Didier Stainier George M. Church Gerald Guralnik Helen Donis-Keller Jack Greenblatt

Website	www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1980/gilbert-bio.html