Dr. Ronald Breslow is a University Professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Columbia University. He is a synthetic and mechanistic organic chemist whose research interests include the development of novel cytodifferentiating agents, which have shown great promise as anti-cancer drugs. Dr. Breslow has also performed pioneering work in the field of biomimetic chemistry, using computational modeling tools to design artificial enzymes that can imitate the function of natural enzymes. He has co-authored over 400 scientific articles throughout his distinguished career, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and is the recipient of nearly two dozen major awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science (1991) and the Priestley Medal, the American Chemical Society's highest honor.