“As engineers, we want to create things that don’t necessarily exist on the planet, or may have never existed, but that solve real problems,” said Frances H. Arnold at the 2021 Hoyt C. Hottel Lecture in Chemical Engineering on Oct. 1. Harnessing the process of evolution to optimize and create enzymes, Arnold, the Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at Caltech, launched a field of engineering with applications in alternative energy, medicine, and diverse industries. Her research earned her the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, as well as…
