Randy Read

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Randy Read
Randy Read at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2014
Born
Randy John Read

(1957-06-09) 9 June 1957 (age 66)[4]
Alma materUniversity of Alberta (BSc, PhD)
Known for
  • Phaser[5]
  • PHENIX (Python-based Hierarchical ENvironment for Integrated Xtallography)[6][7]
[8]
AwardsWellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisX-ray crystallographic studies on serine proteinases and their protein inhibitors (1986)
Doctoral advisorMichael N. G. James[2][3]
Websitewww.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-randy-j-read-frs

Randy John Read FRS[9] (born 9 June 1957)[4] is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and professor of protein crystallography at the University of Cambridge.[1][10][11][12]

Education

Read was educated at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 followed by a PhD in 1986[4] for X-ray crystallography of serine proteases and their protein inhibitors supervised by Michael N. G. James.[2][3]

Career and research

Following his PhD, Read was appointed

Awards and honours

Read was elected

References