Scott K. Silverman is a professor of chemistry at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

. He joined the department of chemistry in 2000 as assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2006, and was promoted to professor in 2010. His main research interest is in the identification, characterization, and application of

deoxyribozyme Deoxyribozymes, also called DNA enzymes, DNAzymes, or catalytic DNA, are DNA oligonucleotides that are capable of performing a specific chemical reaction, often but not always catalytic. This is similar to the action of other biological enzymes, ...

s, DNA used as a catalyst.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Silverman, Scott K. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty 21st-century American chemists Living people 1972 births