MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Google parent company Alphabet Inc. has added Frances Arnold, the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner, to its board of directors, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday.

​In 2018, Arnold was awarded the prize “for the directed evolution of enzymes”, proteins that catalyse chemical reactions. Her research focuses on the importance of more environmentally friendly manufacturing of chemical substances, such as pharmaceuticals, and the production of renewable fuels.

Along with her, the prize was also awarded to George P. Smith (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA) and Sir Gregory P. Winter (MRC’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge) for their works researching the “phage display of peptides and antibodies”.

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Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner Arnold Joins Alphabet Board of Directors – Google CEO

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