• Source: Lewis E. Kay

      • Lewis Edward Kay, (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his research in biochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins. He is a professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.


      Biography


      Kay received a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1983, a Ph.D. in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Ad Bax. In 2020, he was honoured as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.


      Awards and honours


      1996 — Merck Frosst Award
      1998 — Canada's "Top 40 under 40"
      1999 — Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences
      2002 — Founders Medal International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems
      2002 — Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada
      2004 — Günther Laukien Prize
      2006 — Elected to the Royal Society of Canada
      2008 — Premier's Discovery Award
      2010 — Elected to the Royal Society
      2012 — Khorana Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
      2017 — Inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada
      2017 — Gairdner Foundation International Award
      2018 — Herzberg Medal of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
      2019 — Doctor of Science honoris causa from The University of British Columbia
      2019 — Nakanishi Prize


      Personal life


      Kay is married to biophysicist Julie Forman-Kay, who studies intrinsically disordered proteins.


      References




      External links


      Lewis E. Kay at University of Toronto

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