Karl Deisseroth
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| Born | Karl Alexander Deisseroth November 18, 1971 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Known for | Optogenetics and hydrogel-tissue chemistry (including CLARITY and STARmap) |
| Spouse | Michelle Monje |
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| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Tsien |
| Other academic advisors | Robert Malenka |
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| Website | deisseroth |
Karl Alexander Deisseroth (born November 18, 1971) is an American neuroscientist and physician. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2026 for his work in optogenetics. In 2019, Deisseroth was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine.
In 2026, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics".[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- Academic homepage
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute bio Archived April 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Stanford OTL Inventor Portfolio – Karl Deisseroth
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