Thomas C. Sudhof

Dr. Thomas Südhof is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Neurosurgery at Stanford University, with additional courtesy appointments in Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He obtained his M.D. and doctoral degrees from the University of Göttingen in Germany, where he conducted his doctoral thesis on the biophysical structure of secretory granules. After postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern, where he studied cholesterol metabolism, Dr. Südhof shifted his focus to neuroscience, pioneering research on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and the processes governing synapse formation and specification. He joined Stanford in 2008 as the Avram Goldstein Professor and has been an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1986. Dr. Südhof has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013, the Lasker~DeBakey Basic Medical Research Award, and election to the National Academy of Sciences, reflecting his significant contributions to our understanding of synaptic function and neurobiology.

Education

• Ph.D., Göttingen Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (1982)
• MD, University of Göttingen