Harland Goff Wood (September 2, 1907 – September 12, 1991) was an American biochemist notable for proving[1][2][3][4][5] in 1935 that animals, humans and bacteria fixed carbon from carbon dioxide in the metabolic pathway to succinate.
[6][7][8] (Previously CO2 fixation had been thought to occur only in plants and a few unusual autotrophic bacteria.)
Wood was a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
[1][3] He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[1][3] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[1] and of the Biochemical Society of Japan.
[1] He was also first director of the department of biochemistry at the School of Medicine and dean of sciences, Case Western Reserve University.