Daniel Schaeffer Kemp (October 20, 1936 – May 2, 2020)[1][2] was an American organic chemist, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kemp's work was focused on the synthesis and conformational analysis of peptides.
He developed several chemical ligation strategies and methods for templating the formation of helices and sheets.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Reed College in 1958 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964, where he studied under R. B.
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