Dr. Linda Hsieh Wilson

Biography

Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson is the Milton Rosalind Chang Professor in Chemistry and the Merkin Institute Professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She has a B.S. degree from Yale University, obtained in 1990, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, awarded in 1996. Hsieh-Wilson joined Caltech as an Assistant Professor in 2000, became an Associate Professor in 2006, and was promoted to Professor in 2010. She served as an Investigator from 2005 to 2014 and has held the Arthur Marian Hanisch Memorial Professorship in Chemistry since 2017. Her research focuses on synthetic combinatorial chemistry and neurobiology, particularly the molecular basis of fundamental brain processes. The Hsieh-Wilson group utilizes organic synthesis, biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and biophysics to manipulate small molecules and proteins, exploring their critical roles in neuronal communication, development, and learning and memory.

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