Paul L. Modrich

Paul Modrich
Paul Modrich
	Paul L. Modrich, Nobel Laureate in chemistry in Stockholm December 2015
Born	Paul Lawrence Modrich; June 13, 1946; Raton, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	MIT; Stanford University (PhD)
Known for	Clarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1993); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015);
	Scientific career
Fields	DNA mismatch repair
Institutions	Duke University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; University of California, Berkeley;
Thesis	Structure, mechanism and biological role of E. coli DNA ligase (1973)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Lehman
Website	www.biochem.duke.edu/paul-l-modrich-primary

Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl.

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