Jeffries Wyman (biologist)


Jeffries Wyman was an American molecular biologist and biophysicist notable for his research of proteins, amino acids, and on the physical chemistry of hemoglobin, including the classic Monod-Wyman-Changeux model.
Wyman was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the first scientific advisor to the US Embassy in Paris, director of a regional science office in the Middle East for UNESCO, a founder and past secretary general of the European Molecular Biology Organization, professor of biology at Harvard.
Harvard University established Jeffries Wyman Fellowship in his name.

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