Pankaj Kapahi, PhD

CONTRIBUTIONS

Pankaj Kapahi, PhD

Professor at Buck Institute on Aging

CONTRIBUTIONS

1. How a New Glycation-Lowering Supplement (Glylo) Might Help With Weight Loss, Aging, and Diabetes. Podcast With Pankaj Kapahi

2. The Role of Advanced Glycation End Products in Aging and Disease. Podcast with Pankaj Kapahi

BIO

Dr. Kapahi received his PhD from the University of Manchester, where he worked with Tom Kirkwood. He did his postdoctoral work with Seymour Benzer at Caltech and Michael Karin at University of California, San Diego. He joined the Buck Institute as an assistant professor in 2004.

Dr. Kapahi has published more than 80 scientific papers and holds three current patents. He has been recognized for his scientific excellence with many awards, including the Eureka Award from the National Institute on Aging, a New Scholar Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation, a Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging, the Nathan Shock Young Investigator Award, and the Breakthrough in Gerontology and Julie Martin Mid-career awards from AFAR. He currently serves on the editorial board of Aging Cell, Aging, and PLOS Genetics. Dr. Kapahi also initiated the first master's degree course in gerontology at the Buck Institute.