Professor
University of Cambridge
Jim Huntington graduated in 1989 from the University of Kansas with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and mathematics. While an undergraduate, he worked as a research assistant in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department and at the Merck subsidiary InterX. He then worked as a chemist at Alza Corporation in California for three years. He obtained a PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1997 for work on the biophysical characterisation of members of the serpin family of proteins. His research on the serpins continued during his postdoc with Robin Carrell at the University of Cambridge. He was appointed principal investigator at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in 1999, University Reader in 2007 and Professor in 2011. His research focuses on serpin function and dysfunction, and on the regulation of blood coagulation. He has founded seven biotech companies and has authored multiple granted patents.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM