José Nelson Onuchic
Born
Sao Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
EducationB.S. Electrical Engineering (1980)

B.S. Physics (1981)
M.S. Applied Physics (1982)

Ph.D. Chemistry (1987)
Alma materUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
California Institute of Technology
AwardsInternational Centre for Theoretical Physics Prize (1989)

Beckman Young Investigator Award (1992)
Member National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
Fellow Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2009)
Fellow of the Biophysical Society (2013)

Biophysical Society Founders Award (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsBiological Physics, Biophysics
InstitutionsRice University
ThesisNew aspects of the theory of electron transfer reaction dynamics (March 1987)
Doctoral advisorJohn J. Hopfield

José Nelson Onuchic (born Sao Paulo, Brazil)[1] is a Brazilian and American physicist, the Harry C & Olga K Wiess Professor of Physics at Rice University.[2][3] He does research in molecular biophysics, condensed matter chemistry, and genetic networks, and is known for the folding funnel hypothesis stating that the native state of a protein is a deep minimum of free energy for the protein's natural conditions among its possible configurations.[4][5] He was the college master for Lovett College at Rice University from 2014 to 2019.

Education

Onuchic studied at the University of São Paulo, where he earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering (1980) and in physics in 1981. He subsequently earned his Master of Science degree in applied physics in 1982. He studied at the California Institute of Technology under John Hopfield, earning his doctorate in 1987.

Academic career

After postdoctoral studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a brief faculty position returning to the University of São Paulo, he moved to the University of California, San Diego in 1990. He joined Rice University as the Harry C & Olga K Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy in 2011.[3][4][6] [7]

Awards and honors

Onuchic received a Beckman Young Investigators Award in 1992.[8] He became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1995 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. In 2012, he was named a Fellow of the Biophysical Society for "developing the widely recognized and highly regarded theory of energy landscapes and funnels that directs protein folding."[9] He became a member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences in 2006, of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 2009,[6][10][9] and of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 2020.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Downey, Philip (June 21, 2010). "Profile of José N. Onuc". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (27): 12066–12067. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10712066D. doi:10.1073/pnas.1007425107. PMC 2901485. PMID 20566847.
  2. 1 2 "Prof. José Nelson Onuchic". Ordinary Academicians. Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "José Onuchic, Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics". Faculty, Department of Chemistry. Rice University. Archived from the original on 21 Apr 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  4. 1 2 "3 renowned scientists recruited for cancer, physics and chemistry research at Rice", NewsRx Health & Science, June 19, 2011, archived from the original on March 29, 2015
  5. ↑ Leopold, PE; Montal, M; Onuchic, JN (September 1992). "Protein folding funnels: a kinetic approach to the sequence-structure relationship". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89 (18): 8721–5. Bibcode:1992PNAS...89.8721L. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.18.8721. PMC 49992. PMID 1528885.
  6. 1 2 "José Onuchic, Professor, Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Chair of Physics". Scholarly Interest Report, Rice Faculty Information. Rice University. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Larry (June 29, 2011), "UC fears talent loss to deeper pockets: The departure of three star scientists from UC San Diego has officials worried about a possible brain drain tied to budget cuts", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 28 October 2012
  8. ↑ "Jose N. Onuchic". Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Grant and Award Announcement: Biophysical Society announces 2012 Society Fellows" (Press release). American Association for the Advancement of Science. 6 October 2011.
  10. ↑ Yang, Eleanor (April 26, 2006). "Scientists elected to respected group". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29.


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