What is Paul Berg?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Paul Berg |image = Paul Berg in 1980.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = Paul Berg in 1980 |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|6|30}} |birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|15|1926|6|30}} |death_place = [[Stanford, California]], U.S. |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United States|U.S.]] |ethnicity = |field = [[Biochemistry]] |work_institutions = [[Stanford University]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Washington University in St. Louis]]}} |alma_mater = [[Case Western Reserve University]]<br />[[Pennsylvania State University]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[recombinant DNA]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1980) |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Paul Berg''' (June 30, 1926 &ndash; February 15, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[biochemist]] (a person who studies chemistry in living things). He was given the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1980, with [[Walter Gilbert]] and [[Frederick Sanger]]. The award recognized their contributions to basic research on [[nucleic acid]]s. ==Early life== Berg was born in [[New York City]]. He received his undergraduate education at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]], where he majored in [[biochemistry]]. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[biochemistry]] from [[Case Western Reserve University]] in 1952. ==Career== After 1959 Berg worked at [[Stanford University]], [[Palo Alto, California]]. There he taught biochemistry from 1959 until 2000. He served as director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine from 1985 until 2000.<ref name=nobelcv>{{cite web|title=Paul Berg - Curriculum Vitae|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laure