Sunney Chan
Chinese-American biophysical chemist (born 1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the American biophysical chemist. For the Hong Kong actor, see Sunny Chan.
Sunney Ignatius Chan (Chinese: 陳長謙; born October 5, 1936) is an American-born biophysical chemist. His work primarily focused on the use of various magnetic resonance spectroscopic and other physical chemical techniques in the analysis of various biochemical and biological problems.
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Sunney Ignatius Chan | |
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Born | (1936-10-05) October 5, 1936 (age 87) San Francisco, California, US |
Nationality | American |
Other names | 陳長謙 |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | Use of NMR on biological systems; the interactions of Cytochrome c oxidase |
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Fields | Biophysical chemistry |
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Thesis | The nature of the ring puckering vibration and its effects on the far-infrared and microwave spectra of trimethylene oxide (1961) |
Doctoral advisor | William Dulaney Gwinn |
Other academic advisors | Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (post doc advisor) |
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