Karl Deisseroth

1971 -

Country of citizenship: United States of America

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Harvard University, Stanford University, Stanford University School of Medicine

Occupation: psychiatrist, neuroscientist, university teacher, academic, bioengineer

Award received: Albany Medical Center Prize, Dickson Prize in Medicine, Massry Prize, Keio Medical Science Prize, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Golden Brain Award, The Brain Prize, Harvey Prize, Perl-UNC Prize, W. Alden Spencer Award, Gabbay Award, Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, Richard Lounsbery Award, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Dickson Prize in Science, Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research, Canada Gairdner International Award, Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine, Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, Japan Prize, Clarivate Citation Laureates, Daniel H. Efron Research Award, Rumford Prize

Official website: profiles.stanford.edu/karl-deisseroth

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Karl Alexander Deisseroth (born November 18, 1971) is an American scientist. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. He is known for creating and developing the technologies of hydrogel-tissue chemistry (e.g., CLARITY, STARmap) and optogenetics, and for applying integrated optical and genetic strategies to study normal neural circuit function, as well as dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease. In 2019, Deisseroth was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Engineering for molecular and optical tools for his discovery and control of neuronal signals behind animal behavior in health and disease. He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine. Source: Wikipedia (en)