James Rothman - Curriculum Vitae#
Degrees
- BA in Physics, Yale University, 1971
- PhD in Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1976
Professional Appointments
- 1976-1978: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1978-1988: Assistant, Associate (1981), Full (1984) Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University.
- 1988-1991: E.R. Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.
- 1991-2004: Founder and Chair, Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics; Paul A. Marks Chair; Vice-Chairman; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- 2004-2008: Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics; Director, Sulzberger Genome Center; Columbia University.
- 2008-present: Professor and Chairman, Department of Cell Biology; Professor of Chemistry; Wallace Professor of the Biomedical Sciences; Director, Nanobiology Institute,Yale University.
- 2014-present: Research Professor, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London.
Major Awards
- 2013: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 2010: Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
- 2010: Massry Prize
- 2010: EB. Wilson Medal
- 2005: Honorary Member, Japanese Biochemical Society
- 2002: Louisa Gross Horwitz prize of Columbia University
- 2002: Lasker Basic Science Award
- 2001: The Otto-Warburg Medal, Germany
- 2000: Heineken Foundation Prize of the Netherlands Academy of Sciences
- 1999: The Jacobæus Prize, Denmark
- 1997: Lounsbery Award of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1997: The Harden Medal, UK Biochemical Society
- 1996: King Faisal International Prize for Science
- 1996: Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1994: Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1994: The Rosenstiel Award in Biomedical Sciences (with R. Schekman), U.S.A.
- 1993: Membership, National Academy of Sciences USA
- 1989: The Alexander Von Humboldt Award, Germany
- 1986: The Eli Lilly Award for Fundamental Research in Biological Chemistry, U.S.A.
- 1986: The Passano Young Scientist Award, U.S.A.
