Dr. Frances Arnold

Biography

Frances H. Arnold is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She earned her B.S. from Princeton University in 1979 and her Ph.D. from the University of California in 1985. She has held various academic positions at Caltech, including Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor, and full Professor since 1996. In 2000, she became the Linus Pauling Professor and has been the Director of the Donna Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center since 2013. Arnold's research focuses on enzyme design and evolution, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in biocatalysis and protein engineering. Her pioneering work has contributed to advancements in synthetic biology and has led to key insights regarding enzyme evolution. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 for her contributions in this field.

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