Norman R. Pace

Norman Richard Pace, Jr. (born 1942) is an American biochemist, and is Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado. He is principal investigator at the Pace lab.
He graduated from Indiana University with an A.B., and from the University of Illinois with a Ph.D. He taught at the National Jewish Hospital and Research Center, the University of Colorado Medical Center, Indiana University and the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked with the NASA Astrobiology Institute.

• 1991 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2001 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2001 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 2007 Abbott-American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2008 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2008 International Society of Microbial Ecology Tiedje Award for Lifetime Achievement

• "Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2011. 
• "CU-Boulder Microbiologist Receives National Academy Of Sciences Award | News Center | University of Colorado at Boulder". Colorado.edu. 2001-01-18. Retrieved 2010-10-31. 
• "CU-Boulder Biology Professor Wins 2001 MacArthur Fellowship | News Center | University of Colorado at Boulder". Colorado.edu. 2001-10-24. Retrieved 2010-10-31.