Matt Kaeberlein (born 1971) is an American biologist and

biogerontologist Biogerontology is the sub-field of gerontology concerned with the biological aging process, its evolutionary origins, and potential means to intervene in the process. The term "biogerontology" was coined by S. Rattan, and came in regular use wi ...

best known for his research on evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of aging. He is currently a professor of pathology at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

in Seattle.

Education

Kaeberlein attended

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, s ...

as an undergraduate and received a B.S. in biochemistry and a B.A. in mathematics in 1997. He received his Ph.D. in biology from

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

in 2002, advised by Leonard Guarente, and did his postdoctoral fellow, post-doctoral work with Stanley Fields (biologist), Stanley Fields in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington.

Academic career

Kaeberlein became an assistant professor at UW in 2006, an associate professor in 2011, and a full professor in 2015. He has received several awards for his work, including a Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award, an Alzheimer's Association New Investigator Award, and an Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award. In 2011, he was named the Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research by the American Federation for Aging Research and appointed as a GSA Fellow. Kaeberlein was also recognized as an Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year in 2010. Kaeberlein is a distinguished visiting professor of biochemistry at the Aging Research Institute of Guangdong Medical College in Dongguan, China. He is also the co-director of the University of Washington Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, the director of SAGEWEB, and the founding director of the Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute at the University of Washington. He is also a co-director of the Dog Aging Project. Kaeberlein has expressed the view that current advances in aging research could enable most people to potentially live to 100 or even 120 in good health.

Honors and awards

*2017 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science *2017 Elected Chair of the Biological Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America *2015 Elected President of the American Aging Association *2011 Selected as a Gerontological Society of America Fellow *2010 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star in Aging Research Award *2010 Appointed co-director of the

Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging *2009 Appointed distinguished visiting professor, Institute for Aging Research, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan, China *2009 University of Washington Young Investigator Science in Medicine Lecture *2009 University of Washington Undergraduate Research Mentor Award *2008 New Scholar in Aging Award, The Ellison Medical Foundation *2008 Alzheimer's Association New Investigator Award *2007 Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award, American Federation for Aging Research and the Glenn Foundation *2006 American Federation for Aging Research Junior Faculty Research Award

Professional Societies

*American Aging Association *Gerontological Society of America

References

External links

Kaeberlein Lab Website

Kaeberlein’s Faculty Page at University of Washington

SAGEWEB WebsiteUniversity of Washington Nathan Shock Center Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaeberlein, Matt Living people 1971 births Biogerontologists 21st-century American biologists Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni