Peter B. Dervan

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American chemist bioorganic chemist chemist human

Peter B. Dervan is an American chemist renowned for pioneering work in bioorganic chemistry, particularly the design of small molecules that recognize and bind specific DNA sequences.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American chemist → bioorganic chemist → chemist → human →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
awardReceived	ACS Award in Pure Chemistry → Arthur C. Cope Award → Boden Research Conference Award → Gabbay Award → Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry → National Medal of Science → Remsen Award → Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry → Willard Gibbs Award →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Boston College → Cornell University →
employer	California Institute of Technology →
familyName	Dervan →
fieldOfWork	DNA recognition → bioorganic chemistry → chemical biology → chemistry →
givenName	Peter →
hasPublicationType	research articles → review articles →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Medicine → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Peter B. Dervan →
notableFor	design of small molecules that recognize specific DNA sequences → sequence-specific DNA binding molecules →
notableStudent	Jacqueline K. Barton → Jennifer A. Doudna → Peter G. Schultz →
notableWork	development of pyrrole–imidazole polyamides for DNA recognition →
occupation	researcher → university teacher →
positionHeld	Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology → professor of chemistry at California Institute of Technology →
researchInterest	DNA minor groove binding → polyamide DNA ligands → sequence-specific recognition of double helical DNA →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Pasadena, California →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry →	hasRecipient
Peter B. Dervan →	name