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Jennifer Doudna is a Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has held the position since 2002. Doudna is a renowned biochemist and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for her pioneering work in CRISPR gene editing technology, co-developed with Emmanuelle Charpentier. She served as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Colorado from 1991 to 1994 and has held various academic positions at Yale University from 1994 to 2001. Doudna is recognized as a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and has received several prestigious awards including the Packard Foundation Fellow Award in 1996, the NSF Alan T. Waterman Award in 2000, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2002. She is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, reflecting her significant contributions to biomedical health sciences and genetics.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, recognized for contributions to CRISPR technology.
Yale University • New Haven, CT
Held tenure as Assistant and then Associate Professor in Biochemistry.
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