Rate Professor Russell Doolittle

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Harvard University.

Research Interests: Molecular evolution, protein structure, and bioinformatics.

Appointments: Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego.

Awards: Member, National Academy of Sciences; Guggenheim Fellowship.

Publications:

• Molecular Evolution: Patterns and Processes, Academic Press.
• The Evolution of Vertebrate Blood Clotting, University Science Books.

Additional Contributions: Pioneered sequence alignment methods in bioinformatics.