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Kathryn Whitehead

Professor

Chemical Engineering

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  • Professor
    Chemical Engineering
  • 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Script Biosciences
    1 Oct 2025
    SAB member
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Clarviate / Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher
    1 Dec 2024
  • OTHER SERVICE
    Co-founded Script Biosciences
    15 Oct 2024
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    University of Pittsburgh, Center for Transcriptional Medicine
    11 Sep 2024
    advisory board
  • EXPERT WITNESS
    Alnylam v. BioNTech/Pfizer
    3 Jul 2023
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Morawetz Distinguished Lectureship, New York University
    17 Apr 2023
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Poseida Therapeutics
    1 Jan 2023
    SAB member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    GENEGUT Consortium
    15 Nov 2022
    SAB member
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Mellichamp Emerging Leader Lectureship, University of California, Santa Barbara
    19 Oct 2022
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Enter X Bio
    9 Aug 2022
    SAB member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    Rampart Biosciences
    1 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
    SAB Member
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    FRAXA Foundation Research Ingenuity Award
    1 Feb 2022
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Elected Fellow, Controlled Release Society
    6 Jul 2021
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    FoRmulaEx Center for functional RNA delivery, Sweden
    25 Feb 2021
    SAB member
  • CONSULTING / ADVISORY
    FL82, Flagship Ventures
    16 Feb 2021 - 13 Jul 2022
    SAB Member
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
    9 Feb 2021
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award
    15 Jul 2020
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Curtis W. McGraw Research Award
    19 Feb 2019
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Dean’s Early Career Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University
    7 Feb 2019
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    DARPA Director’s Fellowship
    21 Mar 2018
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    George Tallman Ladd Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University
    13 Feb 2018
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
    19 Oct 2017
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    CMBE Young Innovator Award
    1 Jan 2016
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    DARPA Young Faculty Award
    1 Jan 2016
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Named as one of the Brilliant Ten by Popular Science
    1 Jan 2015