Bruce Alberts#


Bruce Alberts
Membership Number:1532
Membership type:FOREIGN
Section:CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Affiliated section(s):BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:1994
Main Country of Residence:UNITED STATES
Homepage(s):https://brucealberts.ucsf.edu
ORCID:0000-0002-2267-3754





Present and Previous Positions
  • Since 2013 Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education, University of California, San Francisco
  • 2009 - 2011 United States Science Envoy
  • 2008 - 2013 Editor-in-Chief, Science magazine
  • 2007 - 2008 President, American Society for Cell Biology (2007), Past President, ASCB (2008)
  • 2000 - 2009 Co-chair, InterAcademy Council, Amsterdam
  • 1993 - 2005 President, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
  • 1985 - 1990 Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
  • 1981 - 1985 American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco (1981-82 Acting Chairman)
  • 1976 - 1981 Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
  • 1976 On sabbatical leave from Princeton, Laboratory of Professor Lewis Wolpert, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England
  • 1973 - 1976 Damon Pfeiffer Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton University (1973 - 1974 Acting Chairman, 1974-75 Associate Chairman)
  • 1971 - 1973 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
  • 1966 - 1971 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Fields of Scholarship
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular biology
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell

Honours and Awards
  • 1960 Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College
  • 1960 Summa cum laude in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard College
  • 1972 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society
  • 1975 U.S. Steel Foundation Award in Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1980 American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professorship
  • 1981 Member, National Academy of Sciences (elected 1981)
  • 1985 Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, San Francisco
  • 1987 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1992 Baxter Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences, Association of American Medical Colleges
  • 1992 President-elect, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 1993 Outstanding Volunteer Coordinator, California School Volunteer Partnership
  • 1993 Associate Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • 1993 Sixth Annual Donald Ware Waddell Award
  • 1993 Foreign Member, The Royal Society, London
  • 1994 Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
  • 1994 Univeristy of Caifornia, San Francisco Medal
  • 1994 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
  • 1994 American Philosophical Society
  • 1995 Member, European Academy of Arts & Sciences
  • 1995 Honorary Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 Gairdner Foundation International Award
  • 1996 Honorary Degree, Michigan State University
  • 1996 Honorary Degree, University of Massachusetts
  • 1997 Honorary Degree, Princeton University
  • 1997 Outstanding Educator Award, Exploratorium in San Francisco
  • 1998 Honorary Degree, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York
  • 1998 Honorary Degree, Emory University
  • 1998 Honorary Degree, Columbia University
  • 1999 Honorary Fellow, St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge
  • 1999 Honorary Degree, Yale University
  • 1999 Honorary Degree, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • 1999 Foreign Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India
  • 2000 Leadership in Education Award, The Keystone Center
  • 2000 The Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centennary Medal of the Indian National Science Academy
  • 2001 The Ray Wu Society for Life Sciences Award
  • 2001 Honorary Degree, Clark University
  • 2001 Honorary Degree, University of Arizona
  • 2001 Honorary Degree, Bates College
  • 2002 Associate Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 Member, National Academy of Education
  • 2003 Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 Honorary Degree, Case Western Reserve University
  • 2004 Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
  • Presidential Achievement Award 2004, Association of American Geographers
  • Honorary Member, National Academy of Sciences-Republic of Korea (elected 2004 – reappointed in 2008 through 2012)
  • 2004 Honorary Member, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 Honorary Degree, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences
  • 2005 Honorary Degree, Tel Aviv University
  • 2005 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize, American Society for Developmental Biology
  • 2005 Distinguished Honoree of the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2005 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • 2006 Member, New York Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 Lawrence Hall of Science Award for Excellence in Science Education
  • 2006 Honorary member, Romanian Academy
  • 2006 Honorary Degree, Rockefeller University
  • 2007 Honorary Degree, Beloit College
  • 2007 Honorary Degree, University of Toronto
  • 2008 American Educational Research Association Public Service Award
  • 2009 American Institute of Biological Sciences Educaiton Award
  • 2010 Vannevar Bush Award
  • 2011 DiNA Award, Science Festival Bay Bio
  • 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Hauge Abelson Prize
  • 2014 Honorary Degree, Syracuse University
  • 2014 U.S. National Medal of Science
  • 2016 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science


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