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My Take
Stuart Schreiber is one of those quietly colossal figures whose work touches far more lives than his name recognition suggests. A Harvard professor and co-founder of the Broad Institute, he helped build chemical biology, using small molecules to interrogate the inner workings of cells, into a discipline. The Wolf Prize and the Arthur C. Cope Award only hint at how much of modern drug discovery rests on foundations he laid. I have a soft spot for the behind-the-scenes geniuses who advance human health without courting the spotlight, and Schreiber is exactly that. His career is a reminder that some of the biggest leaps come from patient, fundamental science.
Overview
Stuart Schreiber (born February 6, 1956) is an American chemist who is the Morris Loeb Research Professor at Harvard University, a co-founder of the Broad Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Emeritus, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. From 2024 to 2025 he led Arena BioWorks.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stuart Schreiber
- Name (Japanese)
- スチュアート・シュライバー
- Reading
- すちゅあーと・しゅらいばー
- Born
- February 6, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- biochemist / chemist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 1989 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry
- 1994 ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
- 2016 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
- 2014 Arthur C. Cope Award
- 1992 Novartis-Drew Award
- Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
- 2001 William H. Nichols Medal
- 1997 Tetrahedron Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.