Background
Bustamante, Carlos J. was born on May 8, 1951 in Lima, Peru.
Bustamante, Carlos J. was born on May 8, 1951 in Lima, Peru.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Cayelano Heredia University, Lima, Peru, 1973. Master of Science in Biochemistry, San Carlos University, Lima, 1978. Doctor of Science in Biophysics, University California, Berkeley, 1981.
Assistant professor Department Chemistry University of New Mexico, 1982—1986, associate professor, 1986—1989, presidential lecturer in chemistry, 1986, professor, 1989—1990, University Oregon, 1991—1998, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 1994—1998, University California, Berkeley, since 2000, professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry, since 1998. Member Science Advisory Board Searle Scholars Progressive, 1997—2000. Head advanced microscopics department Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Physical Bioscis.
Division; served on Interfaces Advisory Committee Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 2001—2003, bd, director, since 2004.
Fellow: American Physical Society. Member: National Academy of Sciences (Alexander Hollaender award in Biophysics 2004).