Wayne Hendrickson
American biophysicist
Wayne A. Hendrickson (born April 25, 1941, New York City) is an American biophysicist and university professor at Columbia University. Dr. Hendrickson is a university professor at Columbia University in the department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. He is also Chief Life Scientist in the Photon Sciences Directorate at Brookhaven National Laboratory and scientific director of the New York Structural Biology Center.
Early life and education
Hendrickson grew up on a farm in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, the son of Norwegian immigrants. He obtained a B.A. in biophysics from University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He later received his Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University with Warner Love, and postdoctoral research experience with Jerome Karle at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).
Scientific contributions
Hendrickson is best known for innovating the use of multi-wavelength anomalous dispersion as an analytical tool for protein crystallography.
Hendrickson and his colleagues use biochemistry and x-ray crystallography to study molecular properties in atomic detail with current emphasis on membrane receptors and cellular signaling, on viral proteins and HIV infection, on molecular chaperones and protein folding, and on structural genomics of membrane proteins.
Recognition
Hendrickson's honors include the Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Christian B. Anfinsen Award the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Harvey Prize, and the thirteenth IUCr Ewald Prize in 2023.
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