David Klenerman#
| Membership Number: | 6482 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/dk10012 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 University of Cambridge Royal Society Professor of Molecular Medicine
- 2007 - 2016 University of Cambridge Professor of Biophysical Chemistry
- 2004 - 2007 University of Cambridge Reader in Biophysical Chemistry
- 1994 - 2004 University of Cambridge Lecturer, Department of Chemistry
- 1994 - 1999 University of Cambridge Assistant Director of Research
- 1987 - 1994 BP Research Centre, Sunbury Research Scientist, Laser Spectroscopy Group
- 1985 - 1987 Fulbright Scholar, Stanford University, California Supervisor: Professor Richard N. Zare
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein folding and misfolding
- Molecular basis of neurodegenerative disease
- Single molecule fluorescence
- Biophysical methods applied to biological and biomedical problems
- Imaging of adaptive immune responses
- High-speed DNA sequencing
- Fluorescence and scanning probe microscopy
Honours and Awards
- 2002 BBSRC research development fellowship awarded from October 2002-October 2007. 2008 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary award
- 2012 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
- 2015 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2016 Royal Society Glaxo Wellcome Professor of Molecular Medicine
- 2017 ABRF Award for Outstanding Contribution to Biomolecular Technologies
- 2018 Royal Medal awarded jointly with Professor Shankar Balasubramanian
- 2019 Knight Bachelor
- 2021 Millennium Technology Prize
- 2022 Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences
