Text Reproducibility Is a Scientific Challenge Not a Scientific Crisis: Metabolic Kinetic Constants as Case Study

Santiago Schnell, D.Phil.

Prof. Santiago Schnell is a distinguished scientist and academic leader with expertise in enzyme kinetics and mathematical biology. He earned his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford after completing his undergraduate studies in biology at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela. He has held faculty positions at Indiana University and the University of Michigan, where he chaired the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and was recognized for his leadership in maintaining its top-ranking status.

In 2021, Prof. Schnell became the Dean of the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, where he also holds professorships in Biological Sciences and Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics.

Internationally recognized for his research, Prof. Schnell is renowned for developing the Schnell-Mendoza equation, a widely adopted method in enzyme kinetics and pharmacology. He has also made significant contributions to the quantitative model of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

Throughout his career, Prof. Schnell has received numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious Arthur Winfree Prize. He is a fellow of several scientific societies, including the American Academy of Sciences & Letters, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also served on editorial boards of leading journals and as President of the Society for Mathematical Biology.

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An empirical analysis of enzyme function reporting for experimental reproducibility: Missing/incomplete information in published papers

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Reproducibility is a scientific challenge not a scientific crisis