Cori Bargmann | |
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| Born | Cornelia Isabella Bargmann January 1, 1961 Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | University of Georgia (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Olfaction research |
| Spouse | Richard Axel |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Cancer systems biology Neurobiology |
| Institutions | Rockefeller University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Weinberg |
| Other academic advisors | H. Robert Horvitz |
Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born January 1, 1961)[1] is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using C. elegans, particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and had been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UCSF and then Rockefeller University from 1995 to 2016. She was the Head of Science[2] at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022.[3] In 2012 she was awarded the $1 million Kavli Prize, and in 2013 the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.