Juli Feigon
Juli Feigon is a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she has been a faculty member since 1985. She was elected to the United States [National Academy of Sciences] in 2009. Her research focuses on structural studies of nucleic acids by nuclear [magnetic resonance spectroscopy] along with other biophysical techniques.
Education
After completing undergraduate studies at Occidental College, Feigon received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in 1982. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Alexander Rich at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1982-85.Academic career
Feigon joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA in 1985 as the first female assistant professor in the department. She was a recipient of the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award, awarded in 1989. She became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2002 and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2009.She has won the 2019 BPS Founders Award. In 2024, Feigon was awarded the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal.