title: Asher Korner
text: # Asher Korner
  
  Asher Korner (7 February 1929 – 22 September 1971) was a British biochemist.
  
  ## Education
  
  Korner was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained his PhD in 1957.
  
  ## Career and research
  
  Korner became Director of Studies in Biochemistry at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was made a fellow in 1960 and served as a lecturer from 1960 to 1967. During this time, Korner supervised the PhD of the future Nobel laureate Tim Hunt. In 1967, Korner moved to the University of Sussex, where he became the university's first professor of biochemistry.
  
  ## Awards and honours
  
  Korner is commemorated at the University of Sussex through the Korner Travelling Fellowship Fund.
  
  