Christine Dunham

Christine Dunham is a Professor of Chemistry at Emory University since January 2023, previously serving as a Professor and Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Emory University School of Medicine from September 2017 to December 2022. Prior roles include Assistant Professor in the Biochemistry Department at Emory University School of Medicine from 2008 to 2017, and as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology from 2004 to 2008, where X-ray crystal structures of the bacterial ribosome were determined under the guidance of Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan. Christine Dunham's academic journey began as a Graduate Student at UC Santa Cruz from 1997 to 2003, studying RNA enzymes in Prof. Bill Scott's laboratory, culminating in a Ph.D. in Structural Biology. Education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry from Barnard College, Columbia University, completed in 1997.