Dennis A. Dougherty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dennis A. Dougherty

American chemist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1952

Place of Birth: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dennis A.
Dougherty (born December 4, 1952 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is the George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
His research applies physical organic chemistry to systems of biological importance.
Dougherty utilizes a variety of approaches to further our understanding of the human brain, including the in vivo nonsense suppression methodology for incorporating unnatural amino acids into a variety of ion channels for structure-function studies. He currently lives in South Pasadena with his wife Dr.
Ellen Dougherty, the superintendent of the Lawndale Elementary School District.