Arieh Warshel

  • Professor of chemistry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Office: (213) 740-4114

Expertise Summary

Expert in using organic compounds to create light and power

Expertise

  • theoretical molecular biology
  • bioenergetics (study of the biological conversion, storage and transfer of energy)
  • genetic engineering of enzymes
  • design of artificial enzymes for medicine
  • molecular modeling by computer
  • computer-aided drug design
  • photosynthesis
  • biophysical chemistry
  • quantum (theoretical) chemistry

Additional Information

  • Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2013)
  • Author of Computer Modeling of Chemical Reactions in Enzymes and Solutions (1991)