Robert Dirks

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Dirks
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	May 29, 1978(1978-05-29)
Age	46
Date Of Death	February 3, 2015, Valhalla, NY
Birthplace	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Horoscope	Gemini

Robert Dirks Biography

Robert Dirks is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on May 29, 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Robert Dirks (May 29, 1978 – February 3, 2015) was an American chemist known for his theoretical and experimental work in DNA nanotechnology. Born in Thailand to a Thai Chinese mother and American father, he moved to Spokane, Washington at a young age. Dirks was the first graduate student in Niles Pierce’s research group at the California Institute of Technology, where his dissertation work was on algorithms and computational tools to analyze nucleic acid thermodynamics and predict their structure. He also performed experimental work developing a biochemical chain reaction to self-assemble nucleic acid devices. Dirks later worked at D. E. Shaw Research on algorithms for protein folding that could be used to design new pharmaceuticals.

Robert attended Lewis and Clark High School, where he excelled academically, entering and winning many math competitions. He was selected to do cardiovascular research at the University of Washington over the summer before his senior year. During that year, he received the top score of 5 on every Advanced Placement exam he took, and was chosen as class valedictorian in

1996. Shortly after graduation Robert and three of his classmates were one of three high school winners of the ExploraVision national scientific contest, earning them and their families a trip to Washington, D.C. The topic of their project was the future of nanotechnology.

Robert Dirks Net Worth

Robert Dirks is one of the richest Chemist from Thailand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Dirks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dirks was born in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1978. His mother Suree, a Thai Chinese woman who worked in a bank at the time, his father, Michael Dirks, was a mathematics teacher at the International School Bangkok recruited from the United States. After about a year, the family, including older brother William, moved back to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada so that his father could pursue doctoral studies in mathematics education at the University of British Columbia. Four years later the family settled in Michael’s hometown of Spokane, Washington, where he took a job teaching math at North Central High School and Spokane Falls Community College.

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In April 2015, the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation, and Engineering (ISNCSE), the main scientific society for DNA nanotechnology and DNA computing, established the Robert Dirks Molecular Programming Prize to recognize early-career scientists for molecular programming research. The first prize was awarded in 2016. As of June 2016, fundraising to establish a $100,000 endowment was ongoing.

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Roberts Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Thailand. Robert Dirks celebrates birthday on May 29 of every year.

In February 2015, Dirks died in the Valhalla train crash, the deadliest accident in the history of Metro-North Railroad. An award for early-career achievement in molecular programming research was established in his honor.