David E. Cane
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| Born |
22 September 1944 New York City |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields |
Biochemistry Chemical Biology |
| Institutions | Brown University |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Natural product biosynthesis |
David E. Cane (born September 22, 1944) is an American biological chemist. He is Professor of Chemistry (Research), Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry Emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He is recognized for his work on the biosynthesis of natural products, particularly terpenoids and polyketides. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003 and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.
Born in New York City, Cane graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1966. He completed his Ph.D. study in organic synthesis in 1971 under the guidance of Prof. E. J. Corey at Harvard University. He pursued his studies as a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Duilio Arigoni at the Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zürich, Switzerland. In 1973, he joined the faculty of Brown University, where he became a full Professor of Chemistry in 1980, Chair of the Chemistry Department from 1983-1989, and Professor of Biochemistry in 1991.
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