About
Chrystal Starbird completed her undergraduate work at UNC Chapel Hill and spent a few years afterwards working in academic and industry labs before returning to UNC to complete a year-long postbaccalaureate program. Following this, Dr Starbird completed her graduate work in chemical and physical biology at Vanderbilt University. She completed her postdoctoral work as a K99/R00 postdoctoral fellow in the Cancer Biology Center at Yale before moving into her current position as faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC Chapel Hill.
As an expert structural biologist, Dr Starbird runs a research program focused broadly on the molecular basis of disease. Current projects in her lab include studies to improve our understanding of receptor tyrosine kinase activation in diseases such as cancer and the role of lipid transporters in Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition to her research, Dr Starbird is a well-known advocate, mentor, and speaker focused on ways to make science more accessible to all. As a non-traditional student in many ways, Dr Starbird is a strong advocate for inclusive mentoring practices, and publishes regularly on strategies to maximize the impact of mentoring and to build an inclusive lab.
When not in the lab, Chrystal can usually be found searching for the next waterfall to visit with her family (partner and three children).
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