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Karla Kirkegaard
born 1954
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKarla Kirkegaard is the Violetta L. Horton Research Professor of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She was the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology from 2006 to 2010. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on virology.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 30, 1953
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
virologistgeneticistacademicuniversity teachermicrobiologist
Awards & honours
National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer AwardPackard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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