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Carolyn Bertozzi

Carolyn Bertozzi

· Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology

Stanford University · Chemistry

Active 1990–2026

h-index190
Citations150.0k
Papers1.4k408 last 5y
Funding$60.3M5 active

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Carolyn Bertozzi is the Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology at Stanford University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Harvard University in 1988 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 1993. After her postdoctoral work at UCSF in cellular immunology, she joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1996. In June 2015, she joined Stanford University faculty and became the co-director and Institute Scholar at Sarafan ChEM-H. Her research interests span chemistry and biology, with a focus on cell surface glycosylation related to disease states. Her lab studies changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer, inflammation, and bacterial infection, aiming to develop diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, especially in immuno-oncology. She has received numerous honors and awards for her research and teaching, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, as well as awards such as the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, MacArthur Fellowship, and others.

Research topics

  • Biology
  • Cell biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Computational biology
  • Chemistry
  • Medicine
  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer research

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Education

  • B.S.

    Harvard University

    1988

  • Ph.D.

    UC Berkeley

    1993

Awards & honors

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Lemelson-MIT award for inventors
  • Whistler Award
  • Ernst Schering Prize
  • MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

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