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Frances H. Arnold

Frances H. Arnold
Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry

B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1979; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1985; Postdoctoral, UC Berkeley, Chemistry, 1985; Postdoctoral, Caltech, Chemistry, 1986

Office Location: 228B Spalding
Mail Code:
210-41
Phone:
(626) 395-4162
Fax: (626) 568-8743

Frances H. Arnold Research Group


Research
Protein engineering, directed protein evolution, structure-guided protein recombination, biocatalysis, biofuels

Selected Awards and Honors (since 2000)
Charles Stark Draper Prize (2011); American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010); Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (2009); Steenbock Lectures, U. Wisconsin (2008);National Academy of Sciences (2008); Linnaeus Lecturer, Uppsala University (2008);Cruickshank Lecturer, Gordon Research Conferences (2008);Enzyme Engineering Award (2007); FASEB Excellence in Science Award (2007); Lewis Lectures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006); Walker Lectures, Pennsylvania State University (2006); Kelly Lectures, Purdue University (2006); Food, Pharmaceuticals, and Bioengineering Division Award, AIChE (2005); Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, ACS (2005); Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2004); Rosalind Franklin Lecturer, Cambridge University (2004); Carothers Award of the ACS Delaware Division (2003); David Perlman Lecture Award, ACS, Biochemical Technology (2003); Lindsay Distinguished Lecturer, Texas A&M, Chemical Engineering (2003); Merck-Frosst Lecturer, Biochemistry, University of Alberta (2003); Sir Robert Price Lecturer, CSIRO, Melbourne (2003); Fellow, AIMBE (2001); National Academy of Engineering (2000); Professional Progress Award of the AIChE (2000).


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