A biochemist is a person who studies biochemistry. This is the study of the chemicals in living things. It can include blood, proteins, and enzymes.

Famous biochemists include:

• Paul Karrer who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Henrik Dam and Edward Doisy who won the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering Vitamin K.
• Frederick Sanger who is won of only four people to win two Nobel Prizes, both in Chemistry.
• Roger D. Kornberg who won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discoveries about DNA.
• Isaac Asimov - science fiction writer