Susan Kaech

Susan Kaech is an American immunologist. Kaech is a professor and director of the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences. She holds the NOMIS Foundation Chair. Her research focuses on the formation of memory T cells, T cell metabolism, and cancer immunotherapy.

Education Kaech conducted her undergraduate studies in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Washington and her PhD in Developmental Biology at Stanford University.

Awards and honors

National Academy of Sciences, 2024 American Academy for Arts and Sciences, 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020 HHMI Early Career Scientist, 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007 American Asthma Foundation Investigator Award, 2007 Cancer Research Institute Investigator Award, 2005 Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Award, 2005 Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation Award in Biosciences, 2003 Damon Runyon-Walter Foundation Winchell Cancer Research Fellowship, 1999 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1993