Lewis Edward Kay, (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his research in biochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins. He is a professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.
Biography Kay received a BSc in biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1983, a PhD in molecular biophysics from Yale University in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health under the supervision of Ad Bax. In 2020, he was honoured as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Personal life Kay is married to biophysicist Julie Forman-Kay, who studies intrinsically disordered proteins.
Awards and honours
1996 – Merck Frosst Award 1998 – Canada's "Top 40 under 40" 1999 – Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences 2002 – Founders Medal International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems 2002 – Flavelle Medal, Royal Society of Canada 2004 – Günther Laukien Prize 2006 – Elected to the Royal Society of Canada 2008 – Premier's Discovery Award 2010 – Elected to the Royal Society 2012 – Khorana Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 – Inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada 2017 – Gairdner Foundation International Award 2018 – Herzberg Medal of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2019 – Doctor of Science honoris causa from The University of British Columbia 2019 – Nakanishi Prize 2026 – Companion of the Order of Canada. 2026 – Royal Medal of the Royal Society.
References
External links Lewis E. Kay at University of Toronto