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Jennifer Doudna

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2020
for the development of a method for genome editing
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
2/19/1964
place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Age
62 years
educated at
  • Harvard University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: biochemistry
    • end time: 1/1/1989
  • Pomona College
    • academic degree: bachelor's degree
    • academic major: chemistry
    • end time: 1/1/1985
  • Hilo High School
employer
  • Yale University
    • start time: 1/1/1994
    • end time: 1/1/2002
  • University of California, Berkeley
    • start time: 1/1/2002
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2002
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1/1/2021
  • Royal Society
    • start time: 1/1/2016
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • National Academy of Medicine
position held
  • board of directors member
    • start time: 4/26/2018
field of work
  • X-ray crystallography
  • molecular biology
  • biochemistry
  • ribosome
  • transcription
  • RNA interference
  • Hepatitis C virus
occupation
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • crystallographer
  • molecular biologist
doctoral student
  • Akshay Tambe
notable work
  • Jennifer Doudna: We can now edit our DNA. But let's do it wisely
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