Stephen J.
Lippard
Arthur Amos Noyes Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2004
Chemistry & Materials
For pioneering research in bioinorganic chemistry, which enriched our understanding of how metal compounds interact with DNA, provided important synthetic models for the active sites of metalloproteins, and elucidated key structural and mechanistic features of methane monooxygenase.
Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on February 13, 2006.