Stephen Benkovic
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences
Atherton Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry，The Pennsylvania State University
Election motivation
For pioneering in bioorganic chemistry, for introducing the study of chemical reaction mechanisms into enzyme systems and developing the “stopped-flow instrument” for tracking chemical reactions.
Field of research
Chemistry, Molecules of Life
Main Honors
National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow
National Academy of Science Award in Chemical Sciences
Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry
National Medal of Science
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Royal Society Centenary Medal
Nakanishi Prize (ACS)
ASBMB-Merck Award
American Philosophical Society
Christian B. Anfinsen Award
Chemical Pioneer, The American Institute of Chemists
Honorary Doctorate of Science, Lehigh University
Alfred Bader Award
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Bicentennial Scientific Achievement Award, City College of New York
Repligen Award
NIH Merit Award
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
The Eberly Chair in Chemistry
Gowland Hopkins Award
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pfizer Enzyme Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
NIH Career Development Award, The Pennsylvania State University
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University
Academician,International Academy of Innovation Sciences