Prominent Members & Alumni

Current Faculty

Frederick Ausubel

Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2014)
National Academy of Sciences (1994)

Robert Kingston

National Academy of Medicine (2018)
National Academy of Sciences (2016)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)

Jeannie Lee

National Academy of Medicine (2023)
Lurie Prize (2016)
National Academy of Sciences (2015)

Vamsi Mootha

Lurie Prize (2023)
National Academy of Medicine (2021)
King Faisal International Prize (2016)
National Academy of Sciences (2014)
American Philosophical Society (2008)
MacArthur Fellowship (2004)

Gary Ruvkun

Nobel Prize (2024)
American Philosophical Society (2019)
Breakthrough Prize (2015)
Wolf Prize (2014)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
National Academy of Medicine (2009)
Canada Gairdner International Award (2008)
Lasker Award (2008)
National Academy of Sciences (2008)

Former Faculty

David Altshuler

Executive Vice President, Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer Vertex Pharmaceuticals
National Academy of Medicine (2010)

Jack Szostak

Royal Society (2019)
American Philosophical Society (2012)
Nobel Prize (2009)
Lasker Award (2006)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
National Academy of Sciences (1998)

Former Trainees

David Bartel (Szostak)

National Academy of Sciences (2011)

Joanne Chory (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (1999)

Xinnian Dong (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2012)

Jennifer Doudna (Szostak)

Nobel Prize (2020)
Canada Gairdner International Award (2016)
Breakthrough Prize (2015)

Maureen Hanson (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Jonathan D. G. Jones (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Royal Society (2003)

Jon Lorsch (Szostak)

Director National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Andrew Murray (Szostak)

National Academy of Sciences (2014)

Terry Orr-Weaver (Szostak)

National Academy of Sciences (2006)

Gisela Storz (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2012)

Tai-Ping Sun (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Venkatesan Sundaresan (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2023)

Douglas Treco (Szostak)

Director, CRISPR Therapeutics; CEO and Chairman, Inozyme Pharma

Dan Voytas (Ausubel)

National Academy of Sciences (2019)