Craig Mello

Craig Cameron Mello
Mello in 2014
Born	(1960-10-18) October 18, 1960 (age 63) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	Brown University (BS) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	RNA interference
Awards	Wiley Prize (2003) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2003) Massry Prize (2005) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2005) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006)
Scientific career
Fields	Biologist
Institutions	University of Massachusetts Medical School
Academic advisors	Nelson Fausto Susan Gerbi Ken Miller Frank Rothman Victor Ambros Daniel Stinchcomb

Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.^[1]