CHARLES M. RICE, Ph.D.

Rockefeller University, Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor in Virology

2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2016 Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award

National Academy of Medicine

National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Charles M. Rice is the Head of the Laboratory for Virology and Infectious Disease at the Rockefeller University. He is a prominent figure in research on members of the Flaviviridae, including the hepatitis C virus. Dr. Rice received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, in 1974 and earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1981. From 1986-2000, Dr. Rice was a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Rice has co-authored over 400 articles in the field of virology, serves as a reviewer for numerous journals, is a past President of the American Society for Virology, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the M. W. Beijernick, Dautrebande, Robert Koch, InBev Baillet-Latour prizes, and the Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award.