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Frances Arnold

1956 - Today

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Frances Hamilton Arnold (born July 25, 1956) is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes. In 2019, Alphabet Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Arnold is the 349th most popular chemist (down from 326th in 2019), the 2,883rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,441st in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Chemist. Learn more about Frances Arnold's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Frances Arnold ranks 349 out of 602. Before her are Morten P. Meldal, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Carl Reichenbach, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, and Thomas C. Südhof. After her are William Prout, Louis E. Brus, Sendivogius, Alexander Shulgin, Paul Héroult, and Paul Walden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Frances Arnold ranks 100. Before her are Mikuláš Dzurinda, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, King Diamond, Mansour Bahrami, Sela Ward, and Taur Matan Ruak. After her are Miguel Bosé, Bruce Greenwood, Fernando Gomes, Charlie Baker, Henri Toivonen, and Randy Rhoads.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Arnold ranks 2,883 out of 20,380. Before her are Gene Vincent (1935), Gordon Scott (1926), Julia Ann (1969), Henry King (1886), John McTiernan (1951), and Harold Rainsford Stark (1880). After her are Steve Russell (1937), Louis E. Brus (1943), Don Henley (1947), Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), and Nicholas Sparks (1965).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Frances Arnold ranks 70. Before her are Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Elias James Corey (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Thomas Cech (1947), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), and Roderick MacKinnon (1956). After her are Louis E. Brus (1943), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), and Isabella Karle (1921).

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