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Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry; Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Professorship in Biomedical and Health, University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Doudna, age 61, joined the faculty at University of California, Berkeley, as a Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in 2002. She directs the Innovative Genomics Institute, a joint UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco center, holds the Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Professorship in Biomedical and Health, and is the Chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Doudna is Principal Investigator at the Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley. She has co-founded and serves as a scientific advisor to a number of life sciences companies pursuing CRISPR genome engineering. She has been an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1997 and the Gladstone Institute since 2018. Dr. Doudna is the recipient of numerous scientific awards in biochemistry and genetics, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020.

Skills and qualifications

  • Pioneer in the field of biochemistry, having co-discovered the simplified genome editing technique CRISPR-Cas9
  • Expertise in scientific research and innovation
  • Leader in integration of scientific research and ethics

Current committees

  • Member, Nominating & Corporate Governance
  • Member, Science & Technology

Other public board service

  • Tempus AI, Inc. (since 2024)

As of March 12, 2025

Board of Directors