Robert H. Burris (April 13, 1914 – May 11, 2010) was a professor in theBiochemistry Department at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.^[1] He was elected to theNational Academy of Sciences in 1961.^[2] Research in Burris's lab focused onenzyme reaction mechanisms,^[1] and he made significant contributions to our knowledge ofnitrogen fixation.^[2][3]

Born inBrookings, South Dakota,^[4] Burris earned his B.S. degree in chemistry atSouth Dakota State University in 1936 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940.^[1]

He did postdoctoral research withHarold Urey atColumbia University, and later moved back toMadison, eventually becoming a professor in the biochemistry department. He was chairman of the department from 1958 to 1970.^[1] He retired from active research in 1984, having trained more than 70 doctoral research students.^[5]

He died in 2010 aged 96.^[5][6]

• 1961 – Elected to the National Academy of Sciences^[2]
• 1975 – Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences^[7]
• 1979 – Member of theAmerican Philosophical Society^[8]
• 1979 –National Medal of Science^[9][10]
• 1984 –John J. Carty Award of the National Academy of Sciences in agricultural science^[11]
• 1985 –Wolf Prize in Agriculture^[2]
• 1989 – Kenneth A. Spencer Award for Meritorious Achievement in Agricultural and Food Chemistry^[12]
• Recognized as a Pioneer Member of theAmerican Society of Plant Biologists.^[13]

• 1914 births
• 2010 deaths
• American biochemists
• Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
• University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
• South Dakota State University alumni
• University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
• National Medal of Science laureates
• Wolf Prize in Agriculture laureates
• Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• People from Brookings, South Dakota
• Members of the American Philosophical Society

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