David E. Green

David Ezra Green (1910 - 1983) was an America biochemist who made huge contributions to the study of enzymes, particularly the electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation. He was born in New York and was awarded a degree in biology from New York University. He then moved to England and worked for eight years at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon, on redox reactions in biological systems.

On the outbreak of the second world war, Green moved back to America and established himaself in a laboratory at Columbia University. Here, he studied the metabolism of amino acids and the citric acid cycle. In 1948, Green moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and there set up the Institute for Enzyme Research, making vital contributions to studies on oxidative phosphorylation, the electron transport chain and beta oxidation.