People
Meet the PI
Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Professor
Primary faculty, Department of Biochemistry
Secondary faculty, Department of Biophysics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science
Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research
Member, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Investigator, O’Donnell Brain Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School
(Laboratories of Tom A. Rapoport and Piotr Sliz)
Graduate
Ph.D., Harvard University
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
(Laboratory of Stephen C. Blacklow)
Undergraduate
A.B., Harvard College
Biochemical Sciences
Honors and Awards
- TAMEST Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award
- UT Southwestern Presidential Scholar
- Doris and Bryan Wildenthal Distinguished Chair in Medical Science
- MAVEN Senior Scientist
- Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, First Time Faculty Recruitment Award
- Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research, Endowed Scholars Program, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fellowship
- The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Fellowship for Medical Research