Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD

President
Professor
Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics

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Gerald Joyce to become next president of the Salk Institute

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has named Gerald Joyce as its next president, following an extensive, six-month search process. Having served as the Institute’s senior vice president and chief science officer …


Salk Institute names Gerald Joyce senior vice president and chief science officer

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has named Gerald Joyce, a professor in the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, to the position of senior vice president and chief …


Gerald Joyce elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Gerald Joyce, a pioneer in the field of in vitro evolution, has been elected to the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as a foreign member. The …


Salk scientist Gerald Joyce named 2017 AAAS Fellow for contributions to science

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Gerald Joyce has been a named a 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. He earned …


Education

BA, Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago
PhD, Neurosciences / Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
MD, Medicine, University of California, San Diego


Awards & Honors

  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Foreign Member, 2019
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2017
  • Harvard Origins Prize, Harvard University, 2016
  • National Academy of Medicine Member, 2014
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member, 2012
  • US National Academy of Sciences Award for Early Earth and Life Sciences (Stanley Miller Medal), 2010
  • Göttingen Academy of Science, Dannie Heineman Prize, 2009
  • International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life HC Urey Award, 2005
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 2001
  • Hans Sigrist Prize, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1997
  • Herbert W. Dickerman Award, State of New York Department of Health, 1997
  • Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 1995
  • National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, 1994