Merrifield, R. Bruce

Name:
Merrifield, R. Bruce
Detailed information:
(1921–2006). An American chemist who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1984. Merrifield was cited for work on the use of a solid matrix as an aid to chemical synthesis of complex peptides and proteins. His synthesis techniques have been used in the development of solid matrix-bound inorganic and organic agents. He was awarded a doctorate from U.C.L.A.