Faculty Honors and Awards

Recipient Honor or award

2023-2024

Jason Gestwicki

Daniel Minor

Charles Craik

Charles Craik

Michelle Arkin

Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, The Protein Society 2023

Biophysical Society Fellow 2023

Speaker, Andrew Braisted Lecture award 2023

Speaker, UCSF Graduate Division Commencement 2023

Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society 2024

2021-2022

David Julius

Natalia Jura

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

Byers Award in Basic Science 2022

2020

Yifan Cheng

David Julius

James Fraser

Elected to the National Academy of Science

Breakthrough Prize in Life Science

Byers Award in Basic Science

2019

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2018

Andrej Sail

Bo Huang

Jason Gestwicki

Elected to the National Academy of Science

Byers Award in Basic Science

Fellow, the Cell Stress Society International (CSSI)

2017

Danica Fujimori Byers Award in Basic Science
Charles S. Craik American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2016

Joe DeRisi Elected to the National Academy of Science
Jim Wells National Academy of Inventors
Charles S. Craik Protein Society Emil Thomas Kaiser Award

2015

Zev Gartner Popular Science Brilliant 10
Tejal Desai National Academy of Medicine
Jim Wells American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Joe DeRisi American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Michael Evans DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program Idea Development Award

2014

James Fraser Searle Scholar
James Fraser Packard Fellow
James Fraser Pew Scholar
Shawn Douglas Pew Scholar
Joe DeRisi John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
Charles S. Craik National Academy of Inventors

2013

Zev Gartner NIH New Innovator Award
Bill DeGrado National Academy of Inventors

2012

Jason Gestwicki American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Xiaokun Shu NIH New Innovator Award

2011

Bo Huang Searle Scholar
Danica Fujimori Searle Scholar
Bo Huang NIH New Innovator Award
Danica Fujimori NSF CAREER Award

2010

Bo Huang Packard Fellow

2009

Jason Gestwicki NSF CAREER Award
Nevan Krogan Searle Scholar
Nevan Krogan Keck Fellow
Kevan Shokat Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2008

Tanja Kortemme NSF CAREER Award

2007

David Agard Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2006

Jason Gestwicki McKnight Foundation Brain Disorders Award

2004

Joe DeRisi

David Julius

MacArthur 'Genius' Fellow

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2003

Robert Stroud Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

2002

Daniel Minor Searle Scholar

1999

Bill DeGrado Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jim Wells Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

1997

Kevan Shokat Searle Scholar