Christopher J. Chang | |
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Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | California Institute of Technology BS/MS (1997) Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD (2002) |
Spouse | Michelle Chang |
Awards | ACS Cope Scholar Award (2010) Sackler Prize in Chemistry (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | UC Berkeley |
Thesis | Small-molecule activation chemistry catalyzed by proton-coupled electron transfer (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel G. Nocera |
Other academic advisors | Harry B. Gray, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Stephen J. Lippard |
Notable students | Hemamala Karunadasa |
Website | www |
Christopher J. Chang is a professor of chemistry and of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Class of 1942 Chair.[1] Chang is also a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, adjunct professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and faculty scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley Lab.[1][2] He is the recipient of several awards for his research in bioinorganic chemistry, molecular and chemical biology.[3]
His research interests include molecular imaging sensors for the study of redox biology[4][5] and metals,[6] especially as applied to neuroscience and immunology, metal catalysts for renewable energy cycles, and green chemistry.[1]