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Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.S., City College of New York; Ph.D., Harvard University; Postdoctoral training, Cambridge University
Office Address: 1152A Brown Building
Email:
Phone: 212-998-8484
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Areas of Research/Interest
Organic and bioorganic chemistry: effects of mutagens on the structure and function of nucleic acids; origins of life
External Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
New York Academy of Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
Author's League
Phi Beta Kappa
American Association of University Professors
Fellowships/Honors
2004 Trotter Prize in Information, Complexity and Inference, National Institutes of Health Career Development Award
Publications
Baross, J.A., Benner, S.A., Cody, G.D., Copley, S.D., Pace, N.R., Scott, J.H., Shapiro, R., Sogin, M.L., Stein, J.L., Summons, R. and Szostak, J.D. (2007) “The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems”, National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
Shapiro, R. (2007) “A Simpler Origin for Life”, Scientific American, 296, June, 46-53.
Ding, S., Shapiro, R., Cai, Y., Geacintov, N. E.and Broyde S. (2008) Conformational Properties of Equilenin-DNA Adducts: Stereoisomer and Base Effects. Chem Res. Toxicol. 21, 1064-1073.
Donny-Clark, K., Shapiro, R. and Broyde, S. (2009) Accommodation of an N-(Deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-acetylaminofluorene Adduct in the Active Site of Human DNA Polymerase ι: Hoogsteen or Watson-Crick Base Pairing? Biochemistry, 48, 7-18.
Shapiro, R. (2009) A new rationale for returning to the Moon? Protecting civilization with a sanctuary. Space Policy 25, 1-5.
138. Shapiro, R. and Schulze-Makuch, D.(2009) The Search for Alien Life in Our Solar System: Strategies and Priorities. Astrobiology 9, 335-343.
