Sarah Elgin

Sarah C.R. Elgin
Sarah C.R. Elgin
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pomona College, California Institute of Technology
Known for	heterochromatin, science education
Awards	Fellows Award, Academy of Science of St. Louis Faculty Award, Council of Students of Arts and Sciences, WU Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education, ASBMB Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education, ASCB Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, GSA National Academy of Sciences American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, Biophysics, Genetics, Epigenetics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology; Harvard University; Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisor	James Bonner
Doctoral students	Lee M. Silver Karmella Haynes

Sarah C.R. Elgin is an American biochemist and geneticist. She is the Viktor Hamburger Professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis, and is noted for her work in epigenetics, gene regulation, and heterochromatin, and for her contributions to science education.