Earl Reece Stadtman

Earl Reece Stadtman (* November 15, 1919 in Carrizozo, New Mexico; † 7 January, 2008 Derwood ) was an American biochemist at the National Institutes of Health ( NIH), where he was since 1950.

Stadtman grew up in San Bernardino. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942 where he made ​​his bachelor's degree and received his doctorate (after war-related work in the mapping in Alaska) in 1949 in biochemistry. Because he wanted to work with his wife, who received his doctorate in biochemistry at the same time with him at Berkeley, he beat out offers from universities and went in 1950 to the NIH, where both could work together.

Stadtman explored the fatty acid metabolism and put the important role that acetyl -CoA out.

Stadtman discovered the compound of the aging process with the effect of free radicals on the protein and oxidation of the substances formed thereby ( carbonyls ).

He taught and worked with numerous post - graduate students at his lab, including 10 future members of the National Academy of Sciences and two future Nobel Prize winner ( as Michael S. Brown ).

In 1953 he received the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, 1969, he was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, 1970, he was with the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology. In 1979 he received the National Medal of Science and the 1991 Welch Award in Chemistry.

His wife Theresa Campbell Stadtman was also a biochemist at the NIH (since 1950), with whom he worked closely. They met as students at Berkeley and married in 1943.