Jack Szostak

Departmental Website:
https://chemistry.uchicago.edu/faculty/jack-w-szostak

A Nobel Laureate, Prof. Szostak’s field is the origin of life. His lab is trying to recapitulate the steps that led to the self-assembly of the first living cells (often referred to as protocells); in other words they are interested in how the chemistry of the early Earth gave rise to the beginnings of biology.

Jack W. Szostak

  • Title: Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Education: PhD, Cornell University; BSc, McGill University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2022
  • jwszostak@uchicago.edu

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Expertise

Chemical biology, Biophysics, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemistry of early Earth

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