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"Knowles is a brilliant scientist," Dudley R. Herschbach, Baird Professor of Science and chairman of the Chemistry Department, said yesterday. "We thought he was the logical choice."
Knowles came to Harvard in 1974 after studying and teaching at Oxford University in England. He was also a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale before he decided to move to the U.S.
"I came here because the Chemistry Department at Harvard is the most exciting in the world," Knowles said.
Knowles specializes in bio-organic chemistry and teaches a section of Chemistry 20b. "Organic Chemistry." "I enjoy taking the methods of chemistry and using them to tackle exciting biological problems," he said.
The Houghton professorship is "a personal honor but even more a splendid gift to the University," Knowles said. He foresees no immediate changes in his current research and teaching activities.