Gregory Petsko is Arthur J. Mahon Professor of Neuroscience in the Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College. His lab studies protein structure and function with a particular focus on understanding and developing treatments or preventative therapies for age-related neurodegenerative diseases.
Petsko received his B.A. from Princeton University. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and completed his D.Phil. from Oxford University where he studied in Sir David Chilton Phillips’ lab.
Petsko is Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Brandeis University and Professor of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine and has received numerous other honors and awards. His lab studies protein structure and function with a particular focus on age-related neurodegenerative disease.
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