Protomap_(proteomics)
Benjamin Cravatt III
American chemical biologist
Benjamin Franklin Cravatt III is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.[1] Considered a co-inventor of activity-based proteomics and a substantial contributor to research on the endocannabinoid system, he is a prominent figure in the nascent field of chemical biology. Cravatt was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014,[1] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016.[2] He is Gilula Chair of Chemical Biology, a Cope Scholar, and a Searle Scholar.