Svetlana Mojsov

Svetlana Mojsov
Светлана Мојсов
Born8 December 1947
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRockefeller University
SpouseMichel C. Nussenzweig
FatherLazar Mojsov
Awards2023 VinFuture
2023 Nature's 10
2023 Time100 Health
2024 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
2024 Time 100 Most Influential People
2024 Princess of Asturias Awards
2024 Tang Prize - Biopharmaceutical Science

2024 Lasker Award
2024 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards - Biology and Biomedicine
2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2025 Warren Triennial Prize

2025 Distinguished Medical Science Award
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Peptide synthesis
InstitutionsMassachusetts General Hospital
Rockefeller University
ThesisStudies on solid-phase peptide synthesis: the synthesis of glucagon (1978)
Doctoral advisorBruce Merrifield

Svetlana Mojsov is a Yugoslav-born Macedonian American chemist who is a research associate professor at Rockefeller University. Her research considers peptide synthesis. She discovered the glucagon-like peptide-1 and uncovered its role in glucose metabolism and the secretion of insulin. Her breakthroughs were transformed by Novo Nordisk into therapeutic agents against diabetes and obesity.