Roger Hendrix

{{Short description|American biologist}}

File:Roger Hendrix at 2011 ASM General Meeting.jpg General Meeting in New Orleans.]]

Roger W. Hendrix (July 7, 1943 – August 15, 2017) was an American biologist, focusing in bacteriophage biology, and a Distinguished Professor at University of Pittsburgh.{{Cite web |url=http://www.biology.pitt.edu/person/roger-hendrix |title=Roger Hendrix |publisher=pitt.edu |accessdate=May 13, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2009/04/06/The-Thinkers-Tiny-viruses-that-infect-bacteria-affect-our-health/stories/200904060189 |title=The Thinkers |date=April 6, 2009 |publisher=post-gazette.com |accessdate=May 13, 2017}} He studied biology at the California Institute of Technology and went on to obtain his Ph.D. from Harvard University under the supervision of James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.{{Cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2017/09/05/Obituary-Roger-W-Hendrix-university-of-pittsburgh-molecular-biology-and-renaissance-music/stories/201709050012 |title=Obituary: Roger W. Hendrix / Lover of molecular biology and Renaissance music |date=5 September 2017 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} In 2009, he received the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing.

He died on August 15, 2017.