Albert L. Lehninger
Albert Lester Lehninger was an American biochemist in the field of bioenergetics. He made fundamental contributions to the current understanding of metabolism at a molecular level. In 1948, he discovered, with Eugene P. Kennedy, that mitochondria are the site of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryotes, which ushered in the modern study of energy transduction. He is the author of a number of classic texts, including Biochemistry, The Mitochondrion, Bioenergetics and, most notably, his series Principles of Biochemistry. The latter is a widely used text for introductory biochemistry courses at the college and university levels.
Lehninger was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from Wesleyan University and went on to pursue both his Masters of Science and Ph.D. at the University of WisconsinMadison. His doctoral research involved the metabolism of acetoacetate and fatty acid oxidation by liver cells.
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