Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Associate Director of Basic Sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Affiliate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington. 

Dr. Buck received a B.S. from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and then conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University.  She was previously a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Buck is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Buck's research has provided key insights into the mechanisms that underlie the sense of smell in mammals.  In recognition of her contributions, Dr. Buck has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including The Takasago Award for Research in Olfaction, The LVMH Moet Science for Art Prize, The Unilever Science Award, The R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research, The Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Medical Research, The Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, and, in 2004, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.