Carolyn Bertozzi
| Carolyn R. Bertozzi | |
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| Born |
October 10, 1966 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Fields | chemistry |
| Institutions |
Stanford University University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, San Francisco |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Francisco |
| Known for | bioorthogonal chemistry |
| Notable awards |
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1999) ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2001) Lemelson-MIT Prize (2010) Heinrich Wieland Prize (2012) |
 “Carolyn Bertozzi: Chemical Glycobiology”, iBiology |
Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi (born October 10, 1966) is an American chemist. At Stanford University, she holds the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professorship in the School of Humanities and Sciences;. In addition, Bertozzi is an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and is the former Director of the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience research center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She received a MacArthur "genius" award at age 33, making her one of the younger scientists to receive this award. In 2010 she was the first woman to receive the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize faculty award. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors, and the Institute of Medicine. In 2014, it was announced that Bertozzi would lead ACS Central Science, the American Chemical Society's first peer-reviewed open access journal that offers all content freely to the public.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bertozzi received her A.B. summa cum laude in chemistry from Harvard University, where she worked with Professor Joe Grabowski on the design and construction of a photoacoustic calorimeter. While an undergraduate, she played in various bands, including one with future Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. After graduating she worked briefly at Bell Labs with Chris Chidsey and at Massachusetts General Hospital. Bertozzi is the daughter of physicist William Bertozzi and the younger sister of UCLA mathematician Andrea Bertozzi.
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