Hans Neurath was a biochemist, a leader in protein chemistry, and the founding chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle.
15 Facts About Hans Neurath
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Hans Neurath was born in Vienna, Austria, and received his doctorate in 1933 from the University of Vienna.
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Hans Neurath then studied in London and at the University of Minnesota.
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Hans Neurath had wide-ranging interests in the physical chemistry of proteins.
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Hans Neurath published seminal papers on protein structure and denaturation and debunked early models of protein structures, notably those of William Astbury.
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Hans Neurath's research focused mainly on the proteolytic enzymes, which catalyze the hydrolysis of protein substrates.
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Hans Neurath studied other aspects of protein chemistry, such as protein denaturation and biological regulation.
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Hans Neurath was founding editor of two journals: Biochemistry, which he edited from 1961 to 1991; and Protein Science, which he edited from 1991 to 1998.
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Hans Neurath edited three volumes of "The Proteins," a reference work.
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Hans Neurath founded the department of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, and served as its chair from 1950 until 1975, when he retired.
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Hans Neurath's department produced three winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Edwin G Krebs and Edmond H Fischer, who stayed in Seattle; and Martin Rodbell, who earned his PhD in the department and went on to a distinguished career at the NIH.
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Hans Neurath was part-time scientific director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
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Hans Neurath was married to Susi Spitzer Hans Neurath for 41 years.
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Hans Neurath had a son, Peter F Neurath, from an earlier marriage; two stepchildren, Margaret Albrecht and Frank Meyer; and three step-grandchildren.
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Hans Neurath died at the age of 92 on April 12,2002, in Seattle.