加州理工学院贝克曼(Arnold O.Beckman)化学教授格雷(Harry B.Gray)由于对化学的巨大贡献,已被提名为1991年美国化学会最高奖——普里斯特利奖的获得者。作为加州理工学院新贝克曼研究所所长的格雷,是当今美国最有生气的化学家之一,他在无机光化学领域的研究工作有助于寻求人工光合作用体系。而且他对生物无机的开创性研究——主要是蛋白质中长程有序电子转移,可以阐述生物学中某些最重要反应的细节。 Harry B. Gray, a professor of chemistry at Caltech, has been named the winner of the 1991 Prix American Prize - the Priestley Prize for his contributions to chemistry. Gray, the director of the new Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology, is one of the most dynamic chemists in the United States today, and his work in inorganic photochemistry has helped to find artificial photosynthesis systems. And his groundbreaking bioinorganic research, mainly in the mid-long range of proteins, can shed light on the details of some of the most important reactions in biology.