Quentin H. Gibson
Rice University
December 9, 1918 - March 16, 2011
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Scientific Discipline: Biochemistry Membership Type:
Member
(elected 1982)
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Quentin H. Gibson developed the stopped-flow apparatus and flash photolysis instruments to measure the kinetics of ligand and hemoglobin binding. He studied the reduction pathway of methemoglobin, non-oxygen binding hemoglobin in the blood, linking idiopathic methemoglobinemia to the lack of particular enzymes. In addition, he studied amino acid uptake in the small intestines and kidney tubules, finding that it was stereochemically specific, dependent on molecular structure, and involved in active transport, which is energy driven.
Gibson earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the Queen’s University in Belfast. He joined the faculty at the University of Sheffield as a lecturer and professor of Biochemistry, eventually becoming head of the department. He then moved to the University of Pennsylvania as a professor of Physiology and Biophysics. In 1966, he was named the Greater Philadelphia Professor at Cornell University.
