Don W. Cleveland

Don W. Cleveland
Cleveland in 2013
Born (1950-08-26) August 26, 1950
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPrinceton University (PhD)
New Mexico State University (BS)
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences, 2006
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
Institute of Medicine, 2012
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2018
Scientific career
FieldsCentromeres, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis
Mechanism and therapy in human neurodegenerative disease
InstitutionsLudwig Cancer Research
University of California, San Diego
Johns Hopkins University
Doctoral advisorMarc W. Kirschner
Other academic advisorsWilliam Rutter

Don W. Cleveland (born 1950 in Waynesville, MO) is an American cancer biologist and neurobiologist.

Cleveland is currently the Department Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Neurosciences at the University of California at San Diego, and Head, Laboratory for Cell Biology at the San Diego branch of Ludwig Cancer Research.