Nationality United States Name Robert Burris | Fields Biochemistry | |
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Alma mater South Dakota State University Known for Nitrogen fixation research Died May 11, 2010, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Education University of Wisconsin-Madison (1940), South Dakota State University (1936) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada Notable awards National Medal of Science, John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, Wolf Prize in Agriculture | ||
Robert H. Burris (April 13, 1914 – May 11, 2010) was a professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1961. Research in Burris's lab focused on enzyme reaction mechanisms, and he made significant contributions to our knowledge of nitrogen fixation.
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Education
Born in Brookings, South Dakota, Burris earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry at South Dakota State University in 1936 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940.
Career
He did postdoctoral research with Harold Urey at Columbia University, and later moved back to Madison, eventually becoming a professor in the Biochemistry Department. He was chairman of the Department from 1958 to 1970. He retired from active research in 1984, having trained more than 70 doctoral research students.
He died in 2010 aged 96.