Alexander Varshavsky

Alexander Varshavsky is the Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2017. He previously held the Howard & Gwen Laurie Smits Professorship in Cell Biology at Caltech (1992-2016) and served as a Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1986 to 2016. His research focuses on the ubiquitin system, the N-end rule pathway, and novel cancer therapies.

• Member, Molecular Cytology Study Section, NIH (1983-1987)
• Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow (1973-1976)

Scientific Awards:

• 1987 - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1995 - Member, US National Academy of Sciences
• 1998 - NIH Merit Award
• 2000 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
• 2001 - Wolf Prize in Medicine
• 2014 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
• 2024 - Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research