Scripps Research Institute Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Scripps Research University has produced many notable alumni in fields, including science, medicine, business, and the arts. Here are a few of the most famous alumni:

• Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (2009) for her work on telomeres.
• Craig Venter, biologist and entrepreneur led the first private effort to sequence the human genome.
• Jules Hoffmann, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (2011) for his work on the identification of the Toll-like receptors.
• Arturo Rosenblueth, the neuroscientist who co-founded the field of cybernetics
• Kimberly Prather is an atmospheric chemist and National Academy of Sciences member.
• Stephen J. Elledge, a cancer biologist and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
• Dr. Pamela Bjorkman is a structural biologist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the immune system.
• Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (1993) for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction.
• Dr. Kim Janda is a world-renowned chemist and immunologist who is known for her work on developing new cancer therapies.
• Arun Majumdar is a materials scientist and director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.