Carolyn Cohen
Carolyn Cohen was an American biologist. She was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Education
Dr. Cohen attended Hunter College High School in New York City. Later she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Physics from Bryn Mawr College in 1950, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She completed her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, publishing a thesis entitled The Helical Configuration of the Polypeptide Chains in Collagen.Career
She served as a Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brandeis University. Working at the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, her research explored protein structures, especially those of motor proteins, using X-ray crystallography.Awards and honors
