Director
Biomolecular Labeling Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology & IBBR
United States of America
Tel: 240-314-6294
Prof. Zvi Kelman is serving as a Director in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR). He worked as a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland. Prof. Kelman received his PhD from Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 1996. He was honored with multiple research awards like UMBI award, Dean's list for excellence etc. Prof. Kelman holds a patent for Enzymatic synthesis of P-O and P-N linked nucleotide analogs using an archaeal primase enzyme. Prof. Kelman's major research interests include elucidation of the mechanism of DNA replication in archaea and other microorganisms, and the development of new methodologies for labeling biomolecules with stable isotopes.
