Cynthia Kenyon

Cynthia Kenyon
Born (1954-02-21) February 21, 1954 (age 70)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forAging in C. elegans
AwardsDan David Prize
Dickson Prize
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist
InstitutionsCalico Life Sciences, LLC; Professor emeritus University of California San Francisco (UCSF) MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Doctoral advisorGraham C. Walker
Notable studentsColeen T. Murphy
Andrew Dillin

Cynthia Jane Kenyon (born February 21, 1954) is an American molecular biologist and biogerontologist known for her genetic dissection of aging in a widely used model organism, the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. She is the vice president of aging research at Calico Research Labs, and emeritus professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).