David A. Agard Ph.D. jẹ́ ọ̀jọ̀gbón ìmọ̀  Biochemistry àti Biophysics ní University of California, San Francisco. Ó gba oyè àkọ́kọ́ B.S nínú ìmọ̀ Molecular Biochemistry àti Biophysics lati Yale University, ó sí gba oyè Ph.D. rẹ̀ nínú ìmọ̀ biological chemistry lati California Institute of Technology. Iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ dá lórí ìmọ̀ tó péye lórí ìrísí àti iṣẹ́ macromolecular. Ó jẹ́ olùdarí  Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology, àti Quantitative Biomedical Research àti pé ó ti gba jẹ́ olùṣèwádìí ti Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) lati ọdún 1986. Ọmọ ẹgbẹ́, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USA, 2009) Ọmọ ẹgbẹ́, National Academy of Sciences (USA, 2007) "David A. Agard, PhD". UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. University of California San Francisco. Retrieved 16 February 2016.  "A". Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 1780–2012. https://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf.  "72 new members chosen by academy" (Press release).