Caroline S. Harwood

Caroline S. Harwood is an American microbiologist who was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2009. She is the Professor Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Professor of Microbiology and Associate Vice-Provost for Research at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Early life and education Harwood was born to Charles and Barbara Harwood as the eldest of six children, Carrie, Wheezy, Betty, Jane, Kit, and Charlie. She attended Concord Academy, a girl's high school in Concord, Massachusetts. Harwood studied at Colby College in Maine, and then received a master's degree in biology from Boston University. She studied under Ercole Canale-Parola at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she received her PhD in microbiology. She finished her post-doctoral studies at Yale University.

Her research topics include metabolic networks, bacterial signaling, and bioenergy production.

Honors and awards Harwood is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and the American Academy of Microbiology.

Personal life Harwood is married to microbiologist Everett Peter Greenberg, who she frequently collaborates with.