title: James Kadonaga
text: # James Kadonaga
  
  James T. Kadonaga is an American biologist, currently the Amylin Endowed Chair in Lifesciences at University of California, San Diego.
  
  ## Education
  
  Kadonga has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT, where he received the Alpha Chi Sigma Prize and the American Institute of Chemists Certificate. His graduate studies was at Harvard University under Jeremy R. Knowles. He was a DuPont Fellow.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2022 Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
  * 2017 Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  * 1995 Elected Member, American Academy of Microbiology
  * 1994 Elected Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  * 1992 Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, National Science Foundation
  