Professor
Jose Nelson Onuchic
Rice University
Biophysicist; Educator; Research institution administrator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Physics
Elected
2009
Professor of Physics; Co-Director, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics. Contributed seminal ideas to understanding biomolecular structure, dynamics and function. Elucidation of the structure-dependence of electron tunneling in proteins provided a successful predictive framework for understanding biological electron transfer processes. Concept of the folding funnel has revolutionized ideas about the mechanisms involved in protein folding.
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