Ignacio Tinoco Jr.

Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
Alma mater University of New Mexico, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Yale University
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Doctoral advisor John D. Ferry
Other academic advisors John G. Kirkwood
Doctoral students Carlos Bustamante, Charles Cantor
Influenced Douglas H. Turner, Olke C. Uhlenbeck

Ignacio Tinoco Jr. (1931-2016) was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he had held since 1956.[1]

Ignacio Tinoco received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1951, and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1954.[2] He was a postdoctoral fellow with John G. Kirkwood at Yale University from 1954-56. He joined the University of California, Berkeley as a faculty member in 1956, where he was Professor in the Graduate School and a Faculty Senior Scientist, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He was Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1979–82).[3]

His honors and awards include: Guggenheim Fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory, Cambridge (1964); California Section Award, American Chemical Society (1965); D.Sc. University of New Mexico (1972); Member, National Academy of Sciences (1985); Elisabeth R. Cole Award (Founders Award), Biophysical Society (1996);[4] Berkeley Citation, University of California (1996); Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001); Emily M. Gray Award, Biophysical Society (2006); Fellow: American Physical Society, Biophysical Society.

He died on November 15, 2016 at the age of 85.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Emeriti Faculty". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Tinoco, I. (2002). "Physical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids". Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 53: 1–15. doi:10.1146/annurev.physchem.53.082001.144341. PMID 11972000.
  3. ↑ "Ignacio Tinoco | College of Chemistry". chemistry.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  4. ↑ Founders Award page
  5. ↑ Wang, Linda. "Ignacio Tinoco dies at age 85 | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2016-12-22.

Further reading

  • Tinoco, Ignacio (6 May 2014). "Fun and Games in Berkeley: The Early Years (1956–2013)". Annual Review of Biophysics. 43 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1146/annurev-biophys-051013-022708. —Autobiographical article by Tinoco



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