Academic Appointments
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Professor, Genetics
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Professor, Biology
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Professor (By courtesy), Chemistry
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Faculty Fellow, Stanford ChEM-H
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Professor of Genetics, Biology, and by courtesy, Chemistry, Stanford University (2016 - Present)
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Professor of Chemistry, MIT (2014 - 2016)
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, MIT (2007 - 2014)
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, MIT (2002 - 2007)
Honors & Awards
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Alexander M. Cruickshank Award Lecture, Gordon Research Conferences (2018)
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NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award, NIH (2018)
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Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (2017)
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NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award, NIH (2013)
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HHMI Collaborative Innovation Award, HHMI (2012)
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Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, Vilcek Foundation (2012)
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Ellen Swallow Richards Chair, MIT (2011)
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Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society (2010)
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Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2010)
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E. Bright Wilson Prize Lecture, Harvard University (2008)
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NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, NIH (2008)
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Buck-Whitney Award, American Chemical Society (2007)
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, Dreyfus Foundation (2006)
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Technology Review TR35 Award, MIT (2006)
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation (2005)
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McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award, McKnight Foundation (2005)
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EJLB Foundation Scholar Research Program Award, EJLB Foundation (2003)
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NIH K22 Career Development Award, NIH (2003)
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Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (2003)
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Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, Dreyfus Foundation (2002)
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Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Chair, MIT (2002)
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NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship, NIH (2001)
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U. C. Berkeley Chancellor’s Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley (2000)
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Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, American Chemical Society (1999)
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NSF Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation (1996)
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Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, Harvard University (1996)
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Radcliffe Dean’s Fellowship, Harvard University (1995)
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Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Pfizer and Harvard University (1994)
Professional Education
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Post-doc, University of California, San Diego, Biochemistry (with Roger Tsien) (2002)
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Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry (with Peter Schultz) (2000)
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A.B., Harvard University, Chemistry (research advisor E. J. Corey) (1996)
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High school, Texas Academy of Math and Science (1992)