James C. Wang
James C. Wang | |
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| Born | November 18, 1936 Jiangsu, China |
| Citizenship | USA (Chinese by birth) |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) South Dakota State University (MS) University of Missouri (PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of topisomerases |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley Harvard University |
James C. Wang (Chinese: 王倬; pinyin: Wáng Zhuō; born November 18, 1936) is a Taiwanese-American biochemist and molecular biologist known for his discovery of the topoisomerases class of enzymes. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Harvard University.