Melvin Ellis Calvin(April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997)was an Americanbiochemistknown for discovering theCalvin cyclealong withAndrew BensonandJames Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at theUniversity of California, Berkeley. Fields: Chemistry, Biology Education: Michigan College of Mining and Technology University of Minnesota