Andrew W. Murray

Andrew W. Murray
EducationClare College, Cambridge
Harvard Medical School
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
Molecular biology
WorkplacesUniversity of California, San Francisco
Harvard University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Thesis Chromosome and plasmid behavior in yeast  (1984)
Jack Szostak
Other academic advisors
Marc Kirschner

Andrew Wood Murray is a British-born American evolutionary biologist known for his research on budding yeast. He is the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor at Harvard University. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. In 2020, he was appointed as the director of the Rowland Institute at Harvard and officially retired from his position in 2026.

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Murray". Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology. Harvard University. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Andrew W. Murray". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Andrew W. Murray". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ Azar, Beth (September 6, 2016). "Profile of Andrew W. Murray". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (36): 9953–9955. doi:10.1073/pnas.1612272113. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5018770. PMID 27573820.
  5. ↑ "Andrew Murray, PhD". Rowland Institute at Harvard. Harvard University. Retrieved September 2, 2026.