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Dr. Lerner is Professor of Immunochemistry, Chair in Chemistry, and President of The Scripps Research Institute, one of the largest private, non-profit scientific research organizations in the world. Its staff includes 288 principal investigators, 775 postdoctoral fellows, 230 graduate students, and more than 1,500 technical and administrative staff. Among the senior staff, fourteen are members of the National Academy of Sciences and three are Nobel laureates. The Scripps Research Institute has recently announced plans to establish a major science center in Palm Beach County, Florida, focusing on biomedical research, technology development, and drug design.
Dr. Lerner is a world renowned expert in the field of catalytic antibodies, a field that takes as its principle goal an understanding of how the binding energy of proteins can be utilized to facilitate chemical transformations. Richard Lerner graduated from Northwestern University and Stanford Medical School and received his postdoctoral training at Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in experimental pathology. Dr. Lerner has received numerous honors, including election to the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and receipt of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry. | 