About
Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist and author who received both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Japan Prize in 1993 for his work on the polymerase chain reaction.
Before Fame
He obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972
Trivia
He claimed that LSD helped him develop the polymerase chain reaction that helps amplify specific DNA sequences.
Family Life
He was married four times and had three children by two ex-wives.
Associated With
He was friends with LSD creator Albert Hofmann.
