Steven Kliewer

Steven Kliewer is an American biochemist, a significant figure in his field, currently the Diana K. and Richard C. Strauss Distinguished Chair in Developmental Biology at University of [Texas Southwestern Medical Center]. In 2015, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He, along with David Mangelsdorf, identified the ligands and physiologic functions of a number of orphan nuclear receptors that then discovered two new signaling pathways mediated by the endocrine factors FGF19 and FGF21, which has become a significant accomplishment in the field.