Natalie Ahn
Natalie G. Ahn | |
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| Alma mater | University of Washington, Seattle (B.S., 1979) University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., 1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Colorado at Boulder (1992– ) University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver (2003– ) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1994–2014 ) |
| Doctoral advisor | Judith P. Klinman |
| Other academic advisors | Edwin Krebs Christoph de Haën |
Natalie G. Ahn is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms of cell signaling, with a speciality in phosphorylation and cancers. Ahn's work uses the tools of "classical chemistry" to work on understanding the genetic code and how genetics affects life processes. She has been a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 2003, where she is a distinguished professor. She was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator between 1994 and 2014. In 2018, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.