The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is to honor a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contributions to knowledge in fields of biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition.

2024 Horwitz Prize Recipients

Columbia University announces Scott D. Emr and Wesley I. Sundquist as the 2024 recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. For more information, please read the announcement from the CUIMC Newsroom. 

Scott D. Emr, PhD

Nancy M. and Samuel C. Fleming Professor Emeritus
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University

Scott Emr, PhD, is the Nancy M. and Samuel C. Fleming Professor Emeritus in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, USA. Emr received his BS degree in biology from the University of Rhode Island, USA, and completed his PhD in microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard University, USA. Emr has also held research positions at the California Institute of Technology, USA; the University of California, Berkeley, USA; the University of California, San Diego, USA; and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA. He has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, European Molecular Biology Organization, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.

Wesley I. Sundquist, PhD

Leo T. and Barbara K. Samuels Presidential Chair
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
University of Utah

Wesley Sundquist, PhD, is the Leo T. and Barbara K. Samuels Presidential Chair and a distinguished professor of biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah, USA. Sundquist completed his BA degree in chemistry at Carleton College, USA, and obtained his PhD degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Sundquist has also held research positions at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, and the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, USA. He has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.