David Julius

2021 Nobel Laureate
Chair, Department of Physiology and Professor
University of California, San Francisco

David Julius earned his undergraduate degree in Life Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology before pursuing a PhD in Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley. He completed subsequent postdoctoral research at Colombia University before joining the department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology as an Assistant Professor at UCSF. David Julius now serves as the Chair for the Department of Physiology.

Dr. Julius is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the National Academy of Science. He holds numerous awards including but not limited to the Prince of Asturias Award in Technical and Scientific Research, Passano Award, and a Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine.