Karl Deisseroth

Karl Alexander Deisseroth is an American scientist and physician. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.... Wikipedia

• Born:  November 18, 1971, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
• Age:  54 years
• Fields:  Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Bioengineering
• Institutions:  Stanford University
• Education:  Harvard University (BA), Stanford University (MD–PhD)
• Thesis:  Communication between Synapse and Nucleus (1998)
• Other academic advisors:  Robert Malenka
• Doctoral students:  Feng Zhang, Viviana Gradinaru
• Other notable students:  Edward Boyden, Kay Tye, Xiao Wang
• Known for:  Optogenetics and hydrogel-tissue chemistry (including CLARITY and STARmap)
• Notable awards:  W. Alden Spencer Award (2011), Keio Medical Science Prize (2014), Albany Medical Center Prize (2015), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015), Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2016), Kyoto Prize (2018), Heineken Prize (2020), Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2021), Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2022), Japan Prize (2023)
• Spouse:  Michelle Monje
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo