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
