Arieh Warshel

Also known as A. Warshel, A Warshel, Warshel, Warshel A, Warshel A.

chemist, biochemist and biophysicist

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Arieh Warshel is a chemist, biochemist, and biophysicist who works at the intersection of these fields to understand molecular processes. His work matters because it helps scientists understand how chemical reactions occur in biological systems, which has applications in medicine and drug development.

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5 total works indexed

On the size of the active site in proteases. I. Papain
· 1967 · cited 4,237x
Theoretical studies of enzymic reactions: Dielectric, electrostatic and steric stabilization of the carbonium ion in the reaction of lysozyme
· 1976 · cited 4,062x
Molecular rectifiers
· 1974 · cited 3,493x
Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package
· 2014 · cited 2,829x
Advances in methods and algorithms in a modern quantum chemistry program package
· 2006 · cited 2,656x

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Warshel at press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, December 2013

Arieh Warshel (Hebrew: אריה ורשל; born November 20, 1940) is an Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist. He is a pioneer in computational studies on functional properties of biological molecules, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and holds the Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry at the University of Southern California. He received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems".