David Eisenberg

David S. Eisenberg (born 15 March 1939) is an American biochemist and biophysicist best known for his contributions to structural biology and computational molecular biology. A professor at the University of California, Los Angeles since the early 1970s and director of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics since the early 1990s, as well as a member of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA.

Eisenberg attended Harvard University and graduated in 1961 with an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences. He went on to the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a D.Phil in 1965 for research supervised by Charles Coulson.

Eisenberg's current research focuses on the structural biology of amyloidogenic proteins, while his computational efforts largely center on the development of bioinformatic/proteomic methodologies for elucidation and analysis of protein interaction networks. His research group hosts the Database of Interacting Proteins.

• Postdoctoral research, Princeton University (1964–1966; with Walter Kauzmann)
• Postdoctoral research, California Institute of Technology (1966–1969; with Richard E. Dickerson)
• Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, USA (1969–Present)
• Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA Medical School
• Director, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics (1993–Present)
• Member, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA
• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2001–Present)

He was the recipient of Harvey Prize (Human Health) 2008 in recognition of his contributions in unfolding the structure of amyloid fibrils. The award was presented to him at a ceremony that took place on March 23, 2009 at the Technion. This recently recognized protein state provides opportunities to understand cells in health and disease.

• L.J. Henderson Prize (1961)
• Harvard College Honorary Scholarships (1958-1960)
• Rhodes Scholarship (1961-1964)
• USPHS Career Development Award (1972-1977)
• UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award (1975)
• McCoy Award of the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for innovative research (1982)
• Member, National Academy of Sciences (1989; Biophysics & Computational Biology section)
• Pierce Award of the Immunotoxin Society (1992)
• Protein Society Stein & Moore Award (1996)
• American Chemical Society Repligen Corporation Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes (1998)
• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2000)
• Amgen Award of the Protein Society (2000)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001)
• UCLA's Seaborg Medal (2004)
• Harvard University's Westheimer Medal (2005)
• ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (2008, as preceptor, student was Rebecca Anne Nelson)
• ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology) Senior Scientist Award (2013)

• Harvey Prize Award