Sarah Elgin

Sarah C.R. Elgin
Sarah C.R. Elgin
	Sarah C.R. Elgin
Alma mater	Pomona College; California Institute of Technology
Known for	heterochromatin, science education
Awards	Faculty Award, Council of Students of Arts and Sciences, WU, 1997; Fellows Award, Academy of Science of St. Louis, 2000; Bruce Alberts Award (with M. Campbell) for Excellence in Science Education, ASCB, 2006; Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education, ASBMB, 2007; Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education, GSA, 2009; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2012; Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, Pomona College, 2017; Member, National Academy of Sciences, elected 2018; Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award, Washington University in St. Louis, 2018;
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Epigenetics
Institutions	California Institute of Technology; Harvard University; Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisor	James Bonner
Other academic advisors	Leroy Hood
Doctoral students	Lee M. Silver; Carl Wu; Thomas Dietz; Karmella Haynes

Sarah C.R. Elgin is an American biochemist and geneticist. She is the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor Emerita of Arts and Sciences, and Professor Emerita of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is noted for her work in epigenetics, gene regulation, and heterochromatin, and for her contributions to science education.