Aaron Novick

Aaron Novick (June 24, 1919 – December 21, 2000) was an American molecular biologist, considered to be one of the founders of the field. He started the University of Oregon's Institute of Molecular Biology, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, in 1959.

A graduate of the University of Chicago, he completed his doctorate in physical organic chemistry there in 1943, and then joined the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory. He later worked at its Los Alamos Laboratory, and witnessed the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945. Provided by Wikipedia