MADISON, WI, March 24, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Perry Frey has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Armed with a passion for chemistry, Dr. Frey has garnered nearly six decades of experience in the field. He is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served as a professor of biochemistry from 1981 until his retirement in 2008. Prior, Dr. Frey held a number of roles at Ohio State University, including professor of chemistry and academic vice chair of chemistry, and was a chemist for the U.S. Public Health Service. He also had brief stints as a visiting professor at Emory University, University of California-San Francisco, and North Texas State University.
During Dr. Frey's time with the universities, he also conducted his own research on topics such as enzyme reactions. He published his findings in a number of professional journals and books, including "Biochemistry," published in 1992, which he co-authored with Robert Abeles and William Jencks, and "Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms," published in 2007, which he co-authored with Adrian Hegeman. Additionally, Dr. Frey served as a member of the editorial board of Bioorganic Chemistry from 1986 to 2012, the Journal of Biological Chemistry from 1983 to 1988, and Accounts of Chemical Research from 2006 to 2008. He was an Associate Editor of ACS Biochemistry from 1992-2011.
Dr. Frey prepared for his professional endeavors by earning a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Ohio State University in 1959 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Brandeis University in 1968. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: he is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Protein Society, and the National Academy of Sciences.
As a testament to his success and longevity, Dr. Frey was featured in 10 volumes of Who's Who in America published between 2000 and 2016, and seven editions of Who's Who in the World published between 2001 and 2007. He can also be found in Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and Who's Who in the Midwest. Further, Dr. Frey was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award in 1995, the Repligen Award in the Chemistry of Biological Processes from the Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemical Society in 2000, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Chemistry at Ohio State University in 2005, and the Hilldale Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007.
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