Paul Mead Doty (June 1, 1920 – December 5, 2011)[1][2] was Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University, specializing in the physical properties of macromolecules and strongly involved in peace and security policy issues.
[5] In 1954, he helped to recruit James Watson to the Harvard Biolabs, the home of the biology department, as an assistant professor.
[6] His scientific work involved the characterization of biopolymers such as DNA, proteins and collagen by optical methods such as circular dichroism and light scattering.
[citation needed] As a graduate student, he worked on the Manhattan project, which led to his lifelong involvement in activities aiming to avert nuclear war.
[7] After retirement he continued to work on Russian-American scientific relations and was board member of George Soros' International Science Foundation that provided support to Russian scientists in the 1990s.