HHMI Investigators
Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators conduct research in Institute laboratories at host institutions nationwide in concert with associated hospitals and medical schools. For information on HHMI investigators active after August 31, 2010, visit www.hhmi.org.
Arizona
University of Arizona
- Roy Parker, Ph.D.
California
California Institute of Technology
- David J. Anderson, Ph.D.
- Pamela J. Björkman, Ph.D.
- David C. Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
- Raymond J. Deshaies, Ph.D.
- Michael B. Elowitz, Ph.D.
- Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson, Ph.D.
- Grant J. Jensen, Ph.D.
- Dianne K. Newman, Ph.D.
- Douglas C. Rees, Ph.D.
- Paul W. Sternberg, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Joanne Chory, Ph.D.
- Andrew Dillin, Ph.D.
- Sascha du Lac, Ph.D.
- Ronald M. Evans, Ph.D.
- Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D.
- Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D.
- Terrence J. Sejnowski, Ph.D.
Stanford University
- Philip A. Beachy, Ph.D.
- Patrick O. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
- Axel T. Brunger, Ph.D.
- Gerald R. Crabtree, M.D.
- Mark M. Davis, Ph.D.
- K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D.
- Seung K. Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
- David M. Kingsley, Ph.D.
- Mark A. Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D.
- Liqun Luo, Ph.D.
- William T. Newsome, Ph.D.
- Roel Nusse, Ph.D.
- Stephen R. Quake, D.Phil.
- Mark J. Schnitzer, Ph.D.
- Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D.
- Kang Shen, Ph.D.
- Thomas C. Südhof, M.D.
- Julie A. Theriot, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
- Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Ph.D.
- Carlos Bustamante, Ph.D.
- Christopher J. Chang, Ph.D.
- Yang Dan, Ph.D.
- Abby F. Dernburg, Ph.D.
- Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
- Michael B. Eisen, Ph.D.
- Jay T. Groves, Ph.D.
- Douglas E. Koshland, Ph.D.
- John Kuriyan, Ph.D.
- Barbara J. Meyer, Ph.D.
- Eva Nogales, Ph.D.
- Nipam H. Patel, Ph.D.
- Randy W. Schekman, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
- Douglas L. Black, Ph.D.
- Edward M. De Robertis, M.D., Ph.D.
- David Eisenberg, D.Phil.
- Steven E. Jacobsen, Ph.D.
- Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D.
- Owen N. Witte, M.D.
- S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
- Steven F. Dowdy, Ph.D.
- Susan Ferro-Novick, Ph.D.
- Joseph G. Gleeson, M.D.
- Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Ph.D.
- Yishi Jin, Ph.D.
- J. Andrew McCammon, Ph.D.
- Michael G. Rosenfeld, M.D.
- Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D.
- Susan S. Taylor, Ph.D.
- Roger Y. Tsien, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
- David A. Agard, Ph.D.
- Jason G. Cyster, Ph.D.
- Joseph L. DeRisi, Ph.D.
- Donald Ganem, M.D.
- Lily Y. Jan, Ph.D.
- Yuh Nung Jan, Ph.D.
- Wendell A. Lim, Ph.D.
- Stephen G. Lisberger, Ph.D.
- Richard M. Locksley, M.D.
- Louis J. Ptáček, M.D.
- David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
- Kevan M. Shokat, Ph.D.
- Jack Taunton, Ph.D.
- Ronald D. Vale, Ph.D.
- Peter Walter, Ph.D.
- Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jonathan S. Weissman, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
- David Haussler, Ph.D.
Colorado
Colorado State University
- Karolin Luger, Ph.D.
National Jewish Health
- John W. Kappler, Ph.D.
- Philippa Marrack, Ph.D.
University of Colorado
- Natalie G. Ahn, Ph.D.
- Kristi S. Anseth, Ph.D.
- Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
- Min Han, Ph.D.
- James L. Maller, Ph.D.
- Lee A. Niswander, Ph.D.
Connecticut
Yale University
- Ronald R. Breaker, Ph.D.
- Peter Cresswell, Ph.D.
- Pietro De Camilli, M.D.
- Erol Fikrig, M.D.
- Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D.
- Arthur L. Horwich, M.D.
- Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Ph.D.
- Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
- Ruslan M. Medzhitov, Ph.D.
- Anna Marie Pyle, Ph.D.
- G. Shirleen Roeder, Ph.D.
- David G. Schatz, Ph.D.
- Gerald I. Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Joan A. Steitz, Ph.D.
- Thomas A. Steitz, Ph.D.
- Tian Xu, Ph.D.
Georgia
Emory University
- Kerry J. Ressler, M.D., Ph.D.
Illinois
Northwestern University
- Robert A. Lamb, Ph.D., Sc.D.
The University of Chicago
- Albert Bendelac, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bruce T. Lahn, Ph.D.
- Milan Mrksich, Ph.D.
- Jonathan K. Pritchard, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.
- Phillip A. Newmark, Ph.D.
- Wilfred A. van der Donk, Ph.D.
Indiana
Purdue University
- Jue Chen, Ph.D.
Iowa
The University of Iowa
- Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D.
- Val C. Sheffield, M.D., Ph.D.
- Edwin M. Stone, M.D., Ph.D.
- Michael J. Welsh, M.D.
Maine
The Jackson Laboratory
- Susan L. Ackerman, Ph.D.
- Simon W.M. John, Ph.D.
Maryland
Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D.
- Yixian Zheng, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University
- Nancy L. Craig, Ph.D.
- Harry C. Dietz, M.D.
- David D. Ginty, Ph.D.
- Rachel Green, Ph.D.
- Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.
- Alex L. Kolodkin, Ph.D.
- Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D.
- Duojia Pan, Ph.D.
- Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D.
- Robert F. Siliciano, M.D., Ph.D.
- Bert Vogelstein, M.D.
- Cynthia Wolberger, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Christopher V. Plowe, M.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Michael F. Summers, Ph.D.
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- S. Ananth Karumanchi, M.D.
Boston University
- James J. Collins, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
- Nikolaus Grigorieff, Ph.D.
- Dorothee Kern, Ph.D.
- Christopher Miller, Ph.D.
- Michael Rosbash, Ph.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Stephen J. Elledge, Ph.D.
- Christine E. Seidman, M.D.
- Matthew K. Waldor, M.D., Ph.D.
Children’s Hospital Boston
- Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D.
- David E. Clapham, M.D., Ph.D.
- George Q. Daley, M.D., Ph.D.
- Elizabeth C. Engle, M.D.
- Louis M. Kunkel, Ph.D.
- Stuart H. Orkin, M.D.
- Christopher A. Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
- Matthew L. Warman, M.D.
- Morris F. White, Ph.D.
- Leonard I. Zon, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Todd R. Golub, M.D.
- William G. Kaelin Jr., M.D.
- David Pellman, M.D.
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Randy L. Buckner, Ph.D.
- Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.
- David R. Liu, Ph.D.
- Douglas A. Melton, Ph.D.
- Erin K. O’Shea, Ph.D.
- Stuart L. Schreiber, Ph.D.
- Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
- Constance L. Cepko, Ph.D.
- David P. Corey, Ph.D.
- Stephen C. Harrison, Ph.D.
- John H.R. Maunsell, Ph.D.
- Danesh Moazed, Ph.D.
- Norbert Perrimon, Ph.D.
- Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.
- Bernardo L. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
- Thomas Walz, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
- Daniel A. Haber, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jack W. Szostak, Ph.D.
- Bruce D. Walker, M.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Angelika Amon, Ph.D.
- Tania A. Baker, Ph.D.
- David P. Bartel, Ph.D.
- Mark F. Bear, Ph.D.
- Stephen P. Bell, Ph.D.
- Sangeeta N. Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.
- Catherine L. Drennan, Ph.D.
- H. Robert Horvitz, Ph.D.
- Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D.
- Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D.
- Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.
- Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.
- David C. Page, M.D.
- David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
- H. Sebastian Seung, Ph.D.
- Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D.
Tufts University
- Andrew Camilli, Ph.D.
- Ralph R. Isberg, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts
- Roger J. Davis, Ph.D.
- Michael R. Green, M.D., Ph.D.
- Craig C. Mello, Ph.D.
- Melissa J. Moore, Ph.D.
- Phillip D. Zamore, Ph.D.
Michigan
University of Michigan
- James C.A. Bardwell, Ph.D.
- Arul M. Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D.
- David Ginsburg, M.D.
- Friedhelm Hildebrandt, M.D.
- Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D.
- Tom K. Kerppola, Ph.D.
- John V. Moran, Ph.D.
- Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D.
- Mercedes Pascual, Ph.D.
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
- Michael B. O'Connor, Ph.D.
Missouri
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- Olivier Pourquié, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
- Daniel E. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
- Eduardo A. Groisman, Ph.D.
- Kenneth M. Murphy, M.D., Ph.D.
- Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.
- Andrey S. Shaw, M.D.
- Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D.
New Jersey
Princeton University
- Bonnie L. Bassler, Ph.D.
- Carlos D. Brody, Ph.D.
- Leonid Kruglyak, Ph.D.
- Trudi Schüpbach, Ph.D.
- David L. Stern, Ph.D.
- Eric F. Wieschaus, Ph.D.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Richard H. Ebright, Ph.D.
- Kenneth D. Irvine, Ph.D.
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- Ann M. Stock, Ph.D.
New York
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
- Paul D. Bieniasz, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- William R. Jacobs Jr., Ph.D.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Gregory J. Hannon, Ph.D.
- Leemor Joshua-Tor, Ph.D.
- Scott W. Lowe, Ph.D.
Columbia University
- Richard Axel, M.D.
- Joachim Frank, Ph.D.
- Stephen P. Goff, Ph.D.
- Iva Greenwald, Ph.D.
- Wayne A. Hendrickson, Ph.D.
- Oliver Hobert, Ph.D.
- Barry Honig, Ph.D.
- Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D.
- Eric R. Kandel, M.D.
- Steven A. Siegelbaum, Ph.D.
- Gary Struhl, Ph.D.
- Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D.
- Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D.
Cornell University
- Shahin Rafii, M.D.
- Michelle D. Wang, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- James P. Allison, Ph.D.
- Jonathan Goldberg, Ph.D.
- Scott Keeney, Ph.D.
- Joan Massagué, Ph.D.
- Nikola P. Pavletich, Ph.D.
- Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D.
- Charles L. Sawyers, M.D.
New York University
- Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D.
- Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Michele Pagano, M.D.
- Danny Reinberg, Ph.D.
- Eero P. Simoncelli, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
- Cornelia I. Bargmann, Ph.D.
- Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
- Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D.
- Nathaniel Heintz, Ph.D.
- A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
- Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
- Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D.
- Michael E. O’Donnell, Ph.D.
- Hermann Steller, Ph.D.
- Thomas Tuschl, Ph.D.
- Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
North Carolina
Duke University
- Vann Bennett, M.D., Ph.D.
- Michael D. Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D.
- Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D.
- Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
- Paul L. Modrich, Ph.D.
- John D. York, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Yi Zhang, Ph.D.
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University
- Sanford Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D.
Cincinnati ChildrenŐs Hospital Medical Center
- Jeffery D. Molkentin, Ph.D.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- Charles T. Esmon, Ph.D.
Oregon
Oregon Health and Science University
- Brian J. Druker, M.D.
- Eric Gouaux, Ph.D.
- Gail Mandel, Ph.D.
- Teresa Nicolson, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
- Chris Q. Doe, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Vivian G. Cheung, M.D.
- Katherine A. High, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
- Nancy M. Bonini, Ph.D.
- Gideon Dreyfuss, Ph.D.
- Zhe Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Amita Sehgal, Ph.D.
- M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
- Gregory D. Van Duyne, Ph.D.
Tennessee
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Brenda A. Schulman, Ph.D.
- Charles J. Sherr, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University
- Kathleen L. Gould, Ph.D.
Texas
Baylor College of Medicine
- Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Brendan Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
- Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.
Texas A&M University
- L. René García, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
- Tanya T. Paull, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D.
- Johann Deisenhofer, Ph.D.
- Nick V. Grishin, Ph.D.
- Helen H. Hobbs, M.D.
- Lora V. Hooper, Ph.D.
- Youxing Jiang, Ph.D.
- Beth Levine, M.D.
- David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
- Michael K. Rosen, Ph.D.
- Joseph S. Takahashi, Ph.D.
- Xiaodong Wang, Ph.D.
- Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D.
- Hongtao Yu, Ph.D.
Utah
University of Utah
- Bradley R. Cairns, Ph.D.
- Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D.
- Erik M. Jorgensen, Ph.D.
- Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D.
Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Linda B. Buck, Ph.D.
- Adrian R. Ferré-D’Amaré, Ph.D.
- Steven Henikoff, Ph.D.
- Cecilia B. Moens, Ph.D.
- James R. Priess, Ph.D.
University of Washington
- David Baker, Ph.D.
- Michael J. Bevan, Ph.D.
- Evan E. Eichler, Ph.D.
- Stanley Fields, Ph.D.
- Randall T. Moon, Ph.D.
- Richard D. Palmiter, Ph.D.
- Fred Rieke, Ph.D.
- John D. Scott, Ph.D.
- Michael N. Shadlen, M.D., Ph.D.
- William N. Zagotta, Ph.D.
- Ning Zheng, Ph.D.
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Paul Ahlquist, Ph.D.
- Sean B. Carroll, Ph.D.
- Edwin R. Chapman, Ph.D.
- Judith Kimble, Ph.D.
Early Career Scientists
California
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Reuben J. Shaw, Ph.D.
Stanford University
- Howard Y. Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
- Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
- Kristin Scott, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
- Neil Hunter, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
- Mark A. Frye, Ph.D.
- Hui Sun, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
- Anita Sil, M.D., Ph.D.
Colorado
University of Colorado
- Joaquín M. Espinosa, Ph.D.
- Jeffrey S. Kieft, Ph.D.
- Rob Knight, Ph.D.
Connecticut
Yale University
- Susan M. Kaech, Ph.D.
Florida
University of Florida
- Martin J. Cohn, Ph.D.
Illinois
Northwestern University
- Luís A. Nunes Amaral, Ph.D.
The University of Chicago
- Molly Przeworski, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Martin D. Burke, M.D., Ph.D.
- Maria Spies, Ph.D.
Maryland
The Johns Hopkins University
- Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
- Joshua T. Mendell, M.D., Ph.D.
- Sinisa Urban, Ph.D.
Massachusetts
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Kevin Eggan, Ph.D.
- Amy J. Wagers, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
- Rachel I. Wilson, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
- Bradley E. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D.
- Konrad Hochedlinger, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michael T. Laub, Ph.D.
- Peter W. Reddien, Ph.D.
- Aviv Regev, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts
- Marc R. Freeman, Ph.D.
- Christopher M. Sassetti, Ph.D.
Michigan
University of Michigan
- Ming Lei, Ph.D.
Missouri
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- Peter Baumann, Ph.D.
New York
Columbia University
- Eric C. Greene, Ph.D.
- Brent R. Stockwell, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Jennifer A. Zallen, Ph.D.
New York University
- Iannis Aifantis, Ph.D.
- Jeremy S. Dasen, Ph.D.
The Rockefeller University
- Sean F. Brady, Ph.D.
North Carolina
Duke University
- Kenneth D. Poss, Ph.D.
- Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- James E. Bear, Ph.D.
Oregon
University of Oregon
- Joseph W. Thornton, Ph.D.
Tennessee
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Michael A. Dyer, Ph.D.
Texas
University of Texas at Austin
- Daniel I. Bolnick, Ph.D.
- John B. Wallingford, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- Russell A. DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D.
Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Harmit S. Malik, Ph.D.
- Toshiyasu Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington
- Tamir Gonen, Ph.D.
Janelia Farm Research Campus
- Bruce S. Baker, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Eric Betzig, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Kristin M. Branson, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Sydney Brenner, D.Phil.
- Senior Fellow
- Gwyneth Card, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Dmitri B. Chklovskii, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- David A. Clayton, Ph.D.
- Laboratory Head
- Winfried Denk, Ph.D.
- Senior Fellow
- Joshua T. Dudman, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Sean R. Eddy, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- S.E. Roian Egnor, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Mats G.L. Gustafsson, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Timothy D. Harris, Ph.D.
- Director, Applied Physics and Instrumentation Group
- Harald F. Hess, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Vivek Jayaraman, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Alla Y. Karpova, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Philipp J. Keller, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Rex A. Kerr, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Luke D. Lavis, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Albert Lee, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Tzumin Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Anthony Leonardo, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Loren L. Looger, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Jeffrey C. Magee, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Gabe J. Murphy, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Eugene W. Myers, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Eva Pastalkova, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D.
- Senior Computer Scientist
- Michael B. Reiser, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Lynn M. Riddiford, Ph.D.
- Senior Resident Fellow
- Dmitry Rinberg, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Elena Rivas, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Louis K. Scheffer, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Charles V. Shank, Ph.D.
- Senior Fellow
- Julie H. Simpson, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Scott M. Sternson, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Karel Svoboda, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- James W. Truman, Ph.D.
- Group Leader
- Marta Zlatic, Ph.D.
- Fellow
- Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D.
- Senior Fellow