Dr. Andrew Chisholm

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Biography

Andrew Chisholm received his PhD in 1989 from Cambridge University, where he studied at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He then conducted postdoctoral research under H. Robert Horvitz at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, benefiting from a Lucille P. Markey postdoctoral fellowship. He joined the faculty at the University of California Santa Cruz, advancing to the rank of Professor, before transitioning to the University of California San Diego in 2007. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Head of Cellular and Developmental Sciences at the Wellcome Trust in London. In 2019, he was appointed Associate Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences.

Research Interests

Regeneration Wound Healing Neurobiology Developmental Biology

Experience

Distinguished Professor

2007-01-01 — Present

University of California San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Conducting research in neurobiology and cell biology, focusing on regeneration and wound healing processes.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).