David Nicholls | |
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Born | David G. Nicholls |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA) University of Bristol (PhD)[3] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Brown fat[1]
Mitochondria Bioenergetics Neurodegeneration[2] |
Institutions | University of Dundee Buck Institute for Research on Aging Lund University |
David G. Nicholls FRS[4] is Professor Emeritus of Mitochondrial Physiology at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. His research focuses on chemiosmosis proposed by Peter D. Mitchell[5] to couple the electron transport chain to ATP synthase.[4] His explanation of chemiosmotic theory in the textbook Bioenergetics[6] has become the standard text in the field.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019 for "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge".[7]