Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | 30 December 1943
Died | 16 April 2021 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 77)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Thesis | Sequence studies on rabbit skeletal tropomysin. (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Lawrence Bruce Smillie |
Doctoral students | Jennifer Van Eyk |
Sport | |
Sport | Speed skating |
Robert Stanley Hodges FRSC (30 December 1943 – 16 April 2021) was a Canadian speed skater and scientist. [1] He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics. [2] He later became a scientist, earning his PhD from the University of Alberta, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Robert Bruce Merrifield at Rockefeller University. [3] He became a professor at the University of Alberta and later at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. [3] He died at his home in Saskatoon on 16 April 2021. [3]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | 30 December 1943
Died | 16 April 2021 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | (aged 77)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Thesis | Sequence studies on rabbit skeletal tropomysin. (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Lawrence Bruce Smillie |
Doctoral students | Jennifer Van Eyk |
Sport | |
Sport | Speed skating |
Robert Stanley Hodges FRSC (30 December 1943 – 16 April 2021) was a Canadian speed skater and scientist. [1] He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics. [2] He later became a scientist, earning his PhD from the University of Alberta, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher under Robert Bruce Merrifield at Rockefeller University. [3] He became a professor at the University of Alberta and later at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. [3] He died at his home in Saskatoon on 16 April 2021. [3]