Jack Szostak, Ph.D.

Winner, 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Winner, 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

Dr. Szostak is one of the great pioneers in genetic research. A Harvard University professor of Genetics and the Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, he is credited with the construction of the world’s first artificial yeast chromosome. Currently, Dr. Szostak’s lab focuses on the challenges of understanding the origin of life on Earth, and the construction of artificial cellular life in the laboratory.