California Institute of Technology BS/MS (1997) Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD (2002)
Spouse
Michelle Chang
Awards
ACS Cope Scholar Award (2010) Sackler Prize in Chemistry (2019)
Scientific career
Fields
Chemistry
Institutions
UC Berkeley
Thesis
Small-molecule activation chemistry catalyzed by proton-coupled electron transfer(2002)
Doctoral advisor
Daniel G. Nocera
Other academic advisors
Harry B. Gray, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Stephen J. Lippard
Notable students
Hemamala Karunadasa
Website
www.cchem.berkeley.edu/cjcgrp/
Christopher J. Chang is a professor of chemistry and of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Class of 1942 Chair.[1] Chang is also a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, adjunct professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and faculty scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley Lab.[1][2] He is the recipient of several awards for his research in bioinorganic chemistry, molecular and chemical biology.[3]
His research interests include molecular imaging sensors for the study of redox biology[4][5] and metals,[6] especially as applied to neuroscience and immunology, metal catalysts for renewable energy cycles, and green chemistry.[1]
^ abc"Christopher J. Chang | College of Chemistry". chemistry.berkeley.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^"Christopher J. Chang – Chemical Sciences Division Chemical Sciences Division". commons.lbl.gov. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^"Chang Group – Homepage". Cchem.berkeley.edu. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
^Miller, Evan W.; Tulyathan, Orapim; Isacoff, Ehud Y.; Chang, Christopher J. (2007). "Molecular imaging of hydrogen peroxide produced for cell signaling : Abstract : Nature Chemical Biology". Nature Chemical Biology. 3 (5): 263–267. doi:10.1038/nchembio871. PMID 17401379.
^Dickinson, Bryan C.; Chang, Christopher J. (2008). "A Targetable Fluorescent Probe for Imaging Hydrogen Peroxide in the Mitochondria of Living Cells". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130 (30): 9638–9639. doi:10.1021/ja802355u. PMC 2810491. PMID 18605728.
^Domaille, Dylan W.; Zeng, Li; Chang, Christopher J. (2010). "Visualizing Ascorbate-Triggered Release of Labile Copper within Living Cells using a Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensor". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (4): 1194–1195. doi:10.1021/ja907778b. PMC 2819030. PMID 20052977.
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