William DeGrado

William F. DeGrado
Born	1955
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Kalamazoo College University of Chicago
Known for	De novo protein design and small molecule drug discovery
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Institutions	University of California, San Francisco

William (Bill) DeGrado (born 1955) is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is the Toby Herfindal Presidential Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.^[1] As an early pioneer of protein design, he coined the term de novo protein design. He is also active in discovery of small molecule drugs for a variety of human diseases. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1999), American Academy of Arts & Sciences (1997) and National Academy of Inventors. He also is a scientific cofounder of Pliant therapeutics.