Frances Arnold

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Nobel laureate biochemical engineer chemical engineer human

Frances Arnold is an American chemical engineer and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the directed evolution of enzymes, revolutionizing fields from green chemistry to biotechnology.

Aliases (2)

Frances H. Arnold ×1
Frances Hamilton Arnold ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → biochemical engineer → chemical engineer → human →
academicDegree	B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering → Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering →
appointedBy	Joe Biden →
appointedTo	President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology →
awardReceived	American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellowship → Charles Stark Draper Prize → Millennium Technology Prize → National Academy of Engineering membership → National Academy of Sciences membership → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → Nobel Prize in Chemistry →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1956-07-25 →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of California, Berkeley →
employer	California Institute of Technology →
familyName	Arnold →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → biotechnology → chemical engineering → green chemistry → protein engineering →
fullName	Frances Hamilton Arnold →
givenName	Frances →
influenced	development of greener industrial chemical processes →
knownFor	biocatalysis → directed evolution of enzymes → protein engineering by directed evolution →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Association for the Advancement of Science → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences → Pontifical Academy of Sciences →
NobelPrize.category	Chemistry →
NobelPrize.motivation	directed evolution of enzymes →
NobelPrize.year	2018 →
notableStudent	directed evolution researchers in protein engineering community →
placeOfBirth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	Director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center at Caltech → Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry → Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at Caltech →
researchInterest	biocatalysis for sustainable chemistry → enzyme engineering → renewable fuels and chemicals →
sexOrGender	female →
workplace	California Institute of Technology →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Millennium Technology Prize → Nobel Prize in Chemistry ("Frances H. Arnold") → Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering →	notableLaureate
Frances Arnold ("Frances Hamilton Arnold") →	fullName
Lemelson-MIT Prize →	notableRecipient