Richard J. Roberts (1943- )

Awarded the Prize “for his discoveries of split genes.”

British molecular biologist. Roberts was born on September 6, 1943 in Derby, Engl. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Sheffield, Engl in 1968. He then moved to the U.S. after spending four years at Harvard, moved to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, in 1972. In 1992 he moved to New Engl Biolabs, Beverly, MA where he is currently Chief Scientific Officer.