Christopher Chang

Christopher J. Chang
Born1974 (age 5051)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
SpouseMichelle Chang
AwardsACS Cope Scholar Award (2010)
Sackler Prize in Chemistry (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUC Berkeley Princeton University
ThesisSmall-molecule activation chemistry catalyzed by proton-coupled electron transfer (2002)
Doctoral advisorDaniel G. Nocera
Other academic advisorsHarry B. Gray, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Stephen J. Lippard
Notable studentsHemamala Karunadasa
Websitechrischang.chemistry.princeton.edu

Christopher J. Chang is an American chemist and the Edward and Virginia Taylor Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry at Princeton University. Previously, he was a professor of chemistry and of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Class of 1942 Chair. Chang is also a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, adjunct professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California, San Francisco, and faculty scientist at the chemical sciences division of Lawrence Berkeley Lab. He is the recipient of several awards for his research in bioinorganic chemistry, molecular and chemical biology.

His research interests include molecular imaging sensors for the study of redox biology and metals, especially as applied to neuroscience and immunology, metal catalysts for renewable energy cycles, and green chemistry.