Thomas Steitz

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Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Professor of Chemistry
Bass 418A
+1 (203) 432-5617
thomas.steitz@yale.edu

Biographical Sketch

  • Yale Faculty (1970-present)
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1986-present)
  • Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, (1992-1993)
  • Fairchild Scholar, Caltech (1984-1985)
  • Macy Fellow, Gottingen, Germany (1976-1977)
  • Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England (1967-1970)
  • Ph.D. Harvard University (1966)

Awards and Distinctions

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)
  • Gairdner International Award (2007)
  • Keio Medical Science Prize (2006)
  • AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2001)
  • Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research (2001)
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences (1990)
  • Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1980)