Alan Fersht
Sir Alan Roy Fersht FRS FMedSci (born 21 April 1943) is a British chemist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He was Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 2012 to 2018. He works on protein folding, and is sometimes described as a founder of protein engineering.
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| Born | Alan Roy Fersht 21 April 1943 London, England |
| Education | Sir George Monoux Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Protein folding |
| Spouse |
Marilyn Persell (m. 1966) |
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| Thesis | Intramolecular Catalysis of Ester Hydrolysis (1968) |
| Doctoral students | Sophie E. Jackson |
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