Facts:   - doctoral students: patrick o. brown    - thesis url: http://search.proquest.com/docview/302206095    - known for: discovery of topoisomerases    - fields: biochemistry    - thesis year: 1966    - death date: 19 march 2006    - workplaces: university of california , berkeley    - academic advisors: arthur kornberg      - thesis title: the l-l-glycerophosphate regulon in escherichia coli    - name: nicholas r. cozzarelli    - nationality: american    - birth place: jersey city , new jersey    - alma mater: princeton university harvard medical school   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nicholas r. cozzarelli .
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nicholas robert cozzarelli -lrb- march 26 , 1938 , in jersey city , new jersey -- march 19 , 2006 -rrb- was an american biochemist at the university of california , berkeley , and former editor-in-chief of `` proceedings of the national academy of sciences '' .