Michael Sheetz
Michael Patrick Sheetz was a cell biologist at Columbia University, and a Distinguished Professor and the founding Director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore. He pioneered mechanobiology and biomechanics. In May 2019, Sheetz joined the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, as a tenured Professor, in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology where he holds the Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry.
In 1968, Sheetz earned a bachelor's degree at Albion College, and in 1972 received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. In 1985, he became a professor of cell biology and physiology at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1990, he was appointed as a William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Cell Biology at Columbia University, New York. He has also been a professor at Duke University.
Awards
References
- "Eleventh Annual Wiley Prize In Biomedical Sciences Awarded To Dr. Michael Sheetz, Dr. James Spudich, And Dr. Ronald Vale". Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 2012 Winners bei der Lasker Foundation (laskerfoundation.org); abgerufen am 10. September 2012
- "Keith R. Porter Lecture Award". ASCB. Retrieved 7 January 2015.