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THE NAI FELLOW PROFILE: AN INTERVIEW WITH
DR. FRANCES ARNOLD

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Frances Arnold , Kimberly A. Macuare 2
1 Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
2 National Academy of Inventors, Tampa, FL, USA

In an interview with T&I, distinguished inventor and professor Dr. Frances Arnold discusses
her most recent work and shares her thoughts on the benefits of her eclectic background, the
divide between pure and applied science, and teaching students to innovate.

INTRODUCTION
As a part of our continuing mission to honor
academic invention and inventors, Technology and
Innovation (T&I) is pleased to present Dr. Frances
Arnold, renowned biochemist and chemical engi-
neer, as the subject of this issue’s NAI Fellow Profile.
Arnold is the Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor
of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and
Biochemistry and the director of the Donna and
Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center at the
California Institute of Technology.
Arnold holds a B.S. in mechanical and aero-
space engineering from Princeton University and a
Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University
of California, Berkeley. After completing postdoc-
toral work in chemistry at UC Berkeley and Caltech,
she became a faculty member at Caltech, where she
remains today. She is the author of over 200 peer-re-
viewed publications and numerous book chapters,
commentaries, and reviews; the editor of three books;
and inventor on 49 U.S. patents. She is the recipient of
numerous prestigious awards, including the National
Medal of Technology and Innovation and the Charles
Stark Draper Prize, as well as one of the rare scholars (photo courtesy of Frances Arnold)
who has achieved the distinction of being elected to
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Accepted December 10, 2015.
Address correspondence to:
Frances Arnold, Ph.D., California Insitute of Technology 210-41, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA
Kimberly A. Macaure, Ph.D., Assistant Editor, Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors at the USF Research Park, 3702
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