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Stephen J. Benkovic is Evan Pugh University Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at The Pennsylvania State University.  Benkovic’s work has focused on DNA replication and repair; the protein dynamics in an enzyme’s catalytic cycle; intracellular metabolic networks; and novel benzoxaboroles pharmacophores as antibiotics and antifungal agents. He holds 57 U.S. and 20 international patents that have been licensed to 4 companies. He is a founder of Anacor and Boragen. He has published 613 articles, books, book chapters and serves as a reviewer/editor for Science, Biochemistry and PNAS.  Benkovic is a member of the American Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Arts and Sciences, the National Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Philosophical Society.