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Hamilton Smith, M.D. and Nobel Laureate
Dr. Smith won the 1978 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for his pioneering work in the discovery of restriction enzymes. He is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he spent thirty years on the faculty. Dr. Smith was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980. His research, beginning in the 1970’s, led to the modern era of recombinant DNA and genetic engineering. Dr. Smith joined Celera Genomics as Director of DNA Resources in 1998, where he and his team developed the novel DNA libraries used in the fruit fly, mouse, and human genome sequencing projects. He currently leads the Synthetic Biology and Biological Energy Groups at the Venter Institute, where he continues to explore new fields of applied genomics. He has served on numerous scientific advisory committees and editorial boards, has published hundreds of scientific articles, and actively contributes to advancing genomic research. Dr. Smith received his A.B. degree in mathematics from the University of California-Berkeley and his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. | 