Christopher Walsh

Christopher Walsh is Hamilton Kuhn Professor at Harvard Medical School and a former President of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Chairman of the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. He is an expert in enzyme stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms. His research has focused on enzymes and enzyme inhibitors, with recent specialization on antibiotics and biosynthesis of other biologically active natural products. He and his group have authored over 645 research papers, books onEnzymatic Reaction Mechanisms(1979);Antibiotics: Origins, Actions, Resistance(2003);Posttranslational Modification of Proteins: Expanding Nature's Inventory(2005). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.