
Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
Birth : (1930-11-22)November 22, 1930
Death : November 15, 2016(2016-11-15)(agedĀ 85)
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Name | Ignacio Tinoco Jr. |
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Birth | (1930-11-22)November 22, 1930 |
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Death | (2016-11-15)(agedĀ 85) |
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Alma Mater | University of New Mexico,University of Wisconsin, Madison,Yale University |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institution | University of California, Berkeley,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
Doctoral Advisor | John D. Ferry |
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Tinoco received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1951, and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1954.
He joined the University of California, Berkeley as a faculty member in 1956, where he was Professor in the Graduate School and a Faculty Senior Scientist, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
His honors and awards include: Guggenheim Fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory, Cambridge (1964); California Section Award, American Chemical Society (1965); D.Sc.
He died on November 15, 2016 at the age of 85.The Biophysical Society gives the Ignacio Tinoco Award in his honor.