American computational chemist killed in 2015 train wreck
Robert Dirks
Dirks from a 2014 family portrait
Born
(1978-05-29)May 29, 1978
Bangkok, Thailand
Died
February 3, 2015(2015-02-03) (aged 36)
Valhalla, New York, U.S.
Nationality
Chinese American, Thai American
Education
Wabash College, A.B., 2000 Caltech, Ph.D., 2005
Spouse
Christine Ueda
Children
2
Scientific career
Fields
Computational chemistry, DNA nanotechnology
Institutions
Caltech, D. E. Shaw Research
Thesis
Analysis, design, and construction of nucleic acid devices(2005)
Academic advisors
Niles Pierce
Robert Dirks (May 29, 1978 – February 3, 2015) was an American chemist known for his theoretical and experimental work in DNA nanotechnology. Born in Thailand to a Thai Chinese mother and American father, he moved to Spokane, Washington at a young age. Dirks was the first graduate student in Niles Pierce's research group at the California Institute of Technology, where his dissertation work was on algorithms and computational tools to analyze nucleic acid thermodynamics and predict their structure. He also performed experimental work developing a biochemical chain reaction to self-assemble nucleic acid devices. Dirks later worked at D. E. Shaw Research on algorithms for protein folding that could be used to design new pharmaceuticals.
In February 2015, Dirks died in the Valhalla train crash, the deadliest accident in the history of Metro-North Railroad. An award for early-career achievement in molecular programming research was established in his honor.
Dirks later worked at D. E. Shaw Research on algorithms for protein folding that could be used to design new pharmaceuticals. In February 2015, Dirks...
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