Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
Personal Information
Born: 1966
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
1988, AB Chemistry, Harvard University; 1993, MS & Phd Chemistry, University of California, Berkely; Postdoctoral work in Immunology, University of California, San Francisco
Professional Life
Field of Study: Chemistry; Glycobiology
Institution/Corporation: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California, San Francisco; Glaxo; Lilly
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Freie University Berlin 2014, Duke University 2014, Brown University 2012; Member: Institute of Medicine; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts & Sciences; National Academy of Inventors; German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina; Accademia dei Lincei; Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Redwood Biosciences; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002), Board member of: Scientific Counselors, Broad Institute, Catalent Biologies; Research Advisory Board, Glaxo Smithkline; founded Redwood Biosciences 2008; co-founded: Enable Biosciences, 2014; Palleon Pharmaceuticals, 2015; InterVenn Bio, 2017; OliLux Bio, 2019; Grace Science, LLC, 2018; Lycia Therapeutics, 2019
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1999, MacArthur Fellowship; 2001, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry; 2010, Lemelson-MIT Prize; 2012, Heinrich Wieland Prize; 2022, Wolf Prize; 2022, Welch Award in Chemistry; 2022, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; 2000, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; Chemistry of the Future Solvay Prize; 2017, Arthur C. Cope Award, ACS; 2016, National Academy of Sciences Award in the Chemical Sciences; 2015, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, US Dept of Energy; 2007, Ernst Schering Prize, Ernst Schering Research Foundation; 2001, Distinguisshed Teaching Award, University of California Berkeley College of Chemistry; 1999, Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, ACS; 2013, Hans Bloemendal Award, Radboud University, Nijmigen; 2011, Tetrahydron Young Investigator Award, Executive Board of Editors & the Publishers of Tetrahydron Publications; 2009, Albert Hofmann Medal, U. Zurich; 2009, Harrison Howe Award, Rochester Section, ACS; 2009, W.H.Nichols Award, NY Section, ACS; 2008, Li Ka Shig Women in Science Award, Li Ka Shing Foundation Women in Science Program; 2008, Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry, International Carbohydrate Org.; 2008, Willard Gibbs Medal, Chicago Section, ACS; 2005-14, T.Z. & Irmagard Chu Distinguished Professorship in Chemistry, University of California Berkeley; 2005, Havinga Medal, U. Leiden; 2004, Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, Iota Sigma Pi; 2002, Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award, Protein Society; 2001, Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UC Berkeley College of Chemistry; 2000, Dept of Chemistry Teaching Award, UC Berkeley; 2000, Merck Academic Development Program Award, Merck;2000, Presidential Early Career Award in Science & Engineering (PCASE), US White House; 1999, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation; 1998, Beckman Young Investigator Award, Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation; 1998, Glaxo Wellcome Scholar, Glaxo Wellcome; 1998, Prytanean Faculty Award, Prytanean Women s Honor Society, UC Berkeley; 1998, Research Innovation Award, Research Corp; 1998, Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research; 1997, Horace S. Isbell Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry, ACS; 1997, New Investigator Award in Pharmacology, Burroughs Wellcome; 1997, Sloan Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; 1996, Young Investigator Award, Exxon Education Foundation; 1995, Dreyfus New Faculty Award, Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation; 2022, AAAS Lifetime Mentor Award; Thomas T. Hoopes Undergraduate Thesis Prize; 2022, Helena Dean King Award, Wistaar Institute; 2022, Dickson Prize in Medicine, University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
Achievements: Invented field of Bioorthogonal Chemistry; clic chemistry; Nobel Prize in chemistry; developed fast point-of care TB test
Won Nobel Prize in chemistry 2022
Coined the phrase "bioorthogonal chemistry" for chemical reactions compatible with living systems & invented the field
1st female recipient of Lemelson-MIT Prize Faculty award
While an undergraduate, played keyboard in several bands, most notably Bored of Education with future Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello
While at Berkeley, discovered viruses can bind to sugars in the body & led her to the field of research in glycobiology
Holds 32 patents