William DeGrado

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William F. DeGrado, Ph.D., is the George W. Raiziss professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania and he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He received a B.S. (chemistry) from Kalamazoo College and a Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the University of Chicago in 1977. He has held and industrial position at DuPont Central Research & Development (later DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company). He transitioned to academia joining the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. His published research includes contributions to the fields of protein design, synthesis of peptidomimetics, and characterization of membrane-active peptides.