Virginia Cornish
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AlmamaterColumbia University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (post-doc)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (post-doc)
KnownforChemical Biology, Genome Project-Write
InstitutionsColumbia University
Virginia W. Cornish | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (post-doc) |
| Known for | Chemical Biology, Genome Project-Write |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter G. Schultz |
Virginia Wood Cornish is the Helena Rubinstein Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University.[1]
Cornish received her BA in chemistry in 1991, working with professor Ronald Breslow. Her PhD research, on site-specific protein labeling[2] and mutagenesis, was carried out with Peter Schultz. Cornish was an NSF postdoctoral fellow[3] at MIT with Robert T. Sauer. She is the first female graduate from Columbia College to be hired to a full-time faculty position since the College became coeducational in 1983.[4]
