Craig C. Mello (1960- )

Awarded the Prize “for the discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stred RNA.”

Craig C. Mello is an American biologist who was born in New Haven CT, USA on 19 October 1960. He gained his Bachelor from Brown University in 1982 his PhD from Harvard University in 1990. He is now Professor of Molecular Medicine in the University of Massachussetts, Medical School.