J. Andrew McCammon

James Andrew McCammon(born 1947, Lafayette, IN) is an American physical chemist known for his application of principles and methods from theoretical and computational chemistry to biological systems. A professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), McCammon's research focuses on the theoretical aspects of biomolecular and cellular activity.

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Dr. McCammon co-authored the "Dynamics of Proteins and Nucleic Acids" (Cambridge University Press, 1987), a text on molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics.

Awards

• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2000)