Jennifer A. Doudna

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Harvard University, 1989.

Career

Postdoctoral research fellow molecular biology Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1989-1991. Postdoctoral research fellow biomedical science University Colorado, 1991-1994. Assistant, then associate professor Yale University, New Haven, 1994—1998, Henry Ford II professor molecular biophysics and biochemistry, 1999—2002.

Professor biochemistry and molecular biology University California, Berkeley, since 2003. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1997. R.B. Woodward visiting professor Harvard University, 2000—2001.

Faculty scientist, physical biosciences division Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory, since 2003.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in the molecular structures of Ribonucleic acid molecules as the basis for understanding their biological function. Research in understanding how Ribonucleic acid molecules in cells and viruses control gene expression by regulating the synthesis and localization of proteins. First to discover how the structure of a special type of Ribonucleic acid, called a ribozyme, enables it to catalyze chemical reactions inside a cell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Board trustees Pomona College, since 2001. Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: National Academy of Sciences (Award for initiatives in research 1999), Institute Medicine.