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Carolyn Bertozzi is a chemist, biochemist and university teacher, born on October 10, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2026, Carolyn Bertozzi is 59 years old. Education on record includes Lexington High School and Harvard University. Listed accolades include Willard Gibbs Award (2008), Ernst Schering Prize (2007), ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (2001) and 5 more.
My Take
Carolyn Bertozzi is, for me, the standout of this group by a wide margin. A Boston-born, Harvard-trained chemist and Nobel laureate, she coined bioorthogonal chemistry, reactions that can run inside living systems without disrupting them. Add a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the awards list becomes almost dizzying. Yet what impresses me isn't the trophies but the audacity of the idea: doing chemistry within life itself. She genuinely pushed human knowledge forward, and I reserve my deepest admiration for minds like hers that expand what's possible.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carolyn Bertozzi
- Name (Japanese)
- キャロライン・ベルトッツィ
- Reading
- きゃろらいん・べるとっつぃ
- Born
- October 10, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupation
- chemist / biochemist / university teacher
2. Background
- High school
- Lexington High School
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Willard Gibbs Award
- 2007 Ernst Schering Prize
- 2001 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
- 1999 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2010 Lemelson–MIT Prize
- 2017 Arthur C. Cope Award
- 2017 National Inventors Hall of Fame
- 2012 Heinrich Wieland Prize
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://profiles.stanford.edu/carolyn-bertozzi
- Xhttps://x.com/CarolynBertozzi
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn%20Bertozzi
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7442
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Carolyn Bertozzi born?
Born October 10, 1966 (age 59).
Where is Carolyn Bertozzi from?
Carolyn Bertozzi is from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What does Carolyn Bertozzi do?
Carolyn Bertozzi works as chemist, biochemist, university teacher.
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