Joanne Chory
Adjunct Professor, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCSD, Howard H. and Maryam R. Newman Chair in Plant Biology, Director, Plant Biology Laboratory at The Salk Institute and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. Chory has received many awards and honors throughout her career including the Award for Initiatives in Research from the National Academy of Sciences, the L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science and the Kumho Award in Plant Molecular Biology among others. In 2003, Dr. Chory was named Scientific American's Research Leader in Agriculture. Dr. Chory has served on numerous advisory committees and editorial boards, and has received multiple awards. In 2003, Dr. Chory was named Scientific American's Research Leader in Agriculture. She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Joanne Chory is a foreign affiliate of the French Academy of Science, a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and is an associate member of EMBO.