Scientific Advisory Board
Charles Zuker, Ph.D.
Charles Zuker, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Neuroscience, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Dr. Zuker has deepened our understanding of vision, taste, and mechanotransduction by his incisive use of genetics and molecular biology. His work has led to the identification of sweet, sour, bitter, salt, and umami taste receptor cells in the mammalian taste system. Dr. Zuker has received many honors, including the Spencer, Alcon, Cogan, and the International Flavors and Fragrances Awards. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine.
Dr. Zuker is a founder of Senomyx. He joined the Senomyx Scientific Advisory Board in July 1999.
