Carla M. Koehler

Carla M. Koehler is an American biochemist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research considers mitochondria and the processes which import proteins to their appropriate locations in the organelles. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.

Early life and education Koehler grew up in rural Wisconsin. She lived on a farm, where she had horses and cows. She helped her parents look after the livestock, including developing breeding methods to increase milk production. She has said these childhood experiences motivated her to pursue a career in genetics. She attended the University of Wisconsin–River Falls and majored in biochemistry. She originally thought that she wanted to be a vet, and attended veterinary school at Iowa State University for one year. She remained at Iowa State for her doctoral research, where she joined the laboratory of Alan Myers. Her research considered protein import into the organelles of mitochondria. Koehler makes use of genetics and biochemistry to understand the biogenesis of mitochondria. She spent 2013 on a sabbatical at the National Institutes of Health. 2008 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2010 University of California, Los Angeles Herbert Newby McCoy Award

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