Background
Schimmel, Paul Reinhard was born on August 4, 1940 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Alfred E. and Doris (Hudson) Schimmel.
biochemist biophysicist educator
Schimmel, Paul Reinhard was born on August 4, 1940 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Alfred E. and Doris (Hudson) Schimmel.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1962; postgraduate, Tufts U. School Medicine, 1962-1963; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1963-1965; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1965-1966; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1966-1967; postgraduate, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975-1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1966; Doctor of Science (honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, 1996.
Assistant professor biology and chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1971;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971-1976;
professor biochemistry and biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1992;
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur professor biochemistry and biophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992-1997;
professor, Scripps Research Institute and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, since 1997. Member study section on physiological chemistry National Institutes of Health, 1975-1979. Industrial consultant on enzymes and recombinant DNA.
Board directors Repligen Corporation, Alkermes, Inc., Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences (chairman Amory prize committee 1995-1996). Member National Academy of Sciences (class II biochemistry section representative 1995-1996), American Philosophical Society, American Chemical Society (Pfizer award 1978, chairman division biological chemistry 1984-1985) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (chairman nominating committee 1990, awards committee 1995-1997), Institute Medicine, Ribonucleic Acid Society.
Married Judith F. Ritz, December 30, 1961. Children: Kirsten, Katherine.