Title:
Professor of Chemistry
Department:
Chemistry
Molecular and Cell Biology
Bio/CV:
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
- Medical School, 1989-1991
- Post-doctoral fellow, University of Colorado, 1991-1994
- Assistant/Associate professor at Yale University (1994-1998)
- Professor at Yale University (1999-2001)
- Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley, (2002-)
- Howard Hughes Medical Investigator 1997 to present
- Packard Foundation Fellow Award, 1996
- NSF Alan T. Waterman Award, 2000
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Award, 2008
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2010
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Emmanuelle Charpentier for the discovery of CRISPR, 2020
Research:
Role: