Karl Deisseroth

Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2026
for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Together with: Georg Nagel, Peter Hegemann

occupation: university teacher
psychiatrist
bioengineer
academic
docent
neuroscientist
field of work: neuroscience
bioengineering
psychiatry
educated at: Harvard University
academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
academic major: biochemistry
end time: 1992
Stanford University School of Medicine
academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
end time: 2000
Stanford University
academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
academic major: neuroscience
end time: 1998
employer: Stanford University
work location: Stanford
member of: National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Medicine
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
doctoral student: Feng Zhang

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