Irwin "Tack" Kuntz

Tack Kuntz
Born
Irwin Douglas Kuntz
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materPrinceton University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forDOCK
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
ThesisSpectroscopic studies of photosynthesis (1965)
Doctoral studentsPatricia Babbitt
Websitemdi.ucsf.edu/KuntzBio.html

Irwin Douglas "Tack" Kuntz is an important figure in the field of computer-aided drug design and molecular modeling. He is a pioneer in the development and conception of the area of study known as molecular docking. One of the first docking programs DOCK was developed in his group in 1982.