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

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Biography

Kay received a B.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1983, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Yale University in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health. In 2020, he was honoured as an international member of the

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Awards and honours

* 1996 — Merck Frosst Award * 1998 — Canada's "Top 40 under 40" * 1999 —

Steacie Prize The Steacie Prize is a scientific prize awarded to a person of 40 years or younger who has made notable contributions to research in Canada. It was first awarded in 1964, to Jan Van Kranendonk, and it has since been given annually. The award is nam ...

for Natural Sciences * 2002 — Founders Medal International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems * 2002 — Flavelle Medal,

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

* 2004 — Günther Laukien Prize * 2006 — Elected to the

* 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 The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada to recognize "research contributions characterized by both excellence and influence." Prior ...

of the

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* 2019 — Doctor of Science ''honoris causa'' from The University of British Columbia * 2019 — Nakanishi Prize

Personal life

Kay is married to biophysicist

Julie Forman-Kay Julie Forman-Kay is a scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and professor at University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the dynamics, interactions, structures, and functions of intrinsically disordered proteins. Early life ...

, who studies intrinsically disordered proteins.

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