Peter G. Schultz

Dr. Peter G. Schultz is the 2025 recipient of the renowned Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry. Dr. Schultz's discovered how to create “synthetic” organisms with additional amino acids beyond the 20 conserved building blocks of the genetic code. He also pioneered the development and application of large scale “diversity-based” approaches to the discovery of novel proteins, drugs and modern materials. With this award, The Welch Foundation is recognizing Dr. Schultz's work to seamlessly combine the tools of both chemistry and biology to create new biomolecules and molecular systems with novel properties.