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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biology, MIT, 1988; B.A., Harvard University, 1983.

Research Interests: Telomerase, RNA-protein interactions, and molecular mechanisms of genome stability.

Appointments: Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1999–2014).

Awards: Elected to National Academy of Sciences (2010); American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2020).

Publications:

• Telomerase: An RNP Enzyme with Multiple Personalities, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2010).

Editorial Contributions: Editorial board, Molecular Biology of the Cell.

Additional Contributions: Mentored numerous graduate students in telomere biology.