Lewis Edward Kay, (born 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his pioneering research in biochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins.
He is a professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and chemistry at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in Molecular Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children.Kay received a B.Sc.
in Biochemistry from the University of Alberta in 1983, a Ph.D.
in Molecular Biophysics from Yale University in 1988, and did post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health.