| Harland G. Wood | |
| Birth Name: | Harland Goff Wood |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Delavan, Minnesota |
| Death Place: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Fields: | Biochemistry |
| Workplaces: | Iowa State University, University of Minnesota, Western Reserve University (later Case Western Reserve University) |
| Education: | Macalester College, Iowa State University |
| Known For: | Fixation of CO2 by animals and bacteria |
| Awards: | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award, Rosenstiel Award, National Medal of Science |
| Spouse: | Mildred Davis |
| Children: | Two daughters |
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 on the President's Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.[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.[3]