H. Robert Horvitz

David Koch Professor, MIT - Department of Biology

1968, BSc degrees in Mathematics and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); 1974, PhD in Biology, Harvard University. Currently, David H. Koch Professor of Biology, MIT; concurrently, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Co-founder of or adviser to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and venture capital companies focused on healthcare. Recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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