Susan Marqusee

Susan Marqusee is a molecular biophysicist widely recognized for her experimental work in protein folding and dynamics, particularly the development of innovative hydrogen-exchange approaches and pioneering studies on the mechanical manipulation of single protein molecules. From 2023-2026, Marqusee served as Assistant Director at the National Science Foundation and from 2009-2020 as the Director of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at Berkeley. She received her AB in Physics and Chemistry from Cornell University in 1982 and her MD and PhD from Stanford University in 1990, followed by post-doctoral training at MIT. She is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Marqusee’s connection to the Biophysical Society spans more than four decades; her first scientific meeting was the 1985 BPS meeting in San Francisco CA, and she has remained active ever since. A Fellow of the Biophysical Society and recipient of the Societ