Nicole King | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington; Harvard University |
| Known for | choanoflagellates |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Losick |
Nicole King (born 1970) is an American biologist and faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley in molecular and cell biology and integrative biology.[1] She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005.[2] She has been an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 2013.
King studies the evolution of multicellularity and choanoflagellates. The goal of her work is to reconstruct how multicellular animals evolved from single-cell organisms.
- ^ "Faculty Research Page". berkeley.edu.
- ^ "MacArthur Profile". macfound.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2006.