List of Biochemists - K

K

• Herman Kalckar, (1908–1991), Danish, early work on cellular respiration, nucleotide metabolism and galactose metabolism.
• Sir Bernard Katz (1911–2003), German-born, 1970 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work on nerve biochemistry and the pineal gland.
• Stuart Alan Kauffman, (born 1939), ???,
• John Kendrew, (1917–1997), British. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962 for determining the first crystal structure of a protein, myoglobin.
• Sir Ernest Kennaway, (1881–1958), British. Early work on carcinogenic effects of hydrocarbons
• Arthur Kornberg, (1918–2007) American biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in 1959 for discovery of DNA polymerase.
• Sir Hans Kornberg, (born 1928), British. Microbial biochemistry
• Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist, won the Nobel Prize in 2006 for studies on RNA polymerase.
• Thomas B. Kornberg, American biochemist
• Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. (1911–1996). Promoter of the ineffective cancer cures laetrile and pangamic acid
• Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, (1900–1981), German, 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine see Krebs cycle