Tim Stearns

Tim Stearns
Tim Stearns
	Stearns in 2020
Born	August 8, 1961; Manhasset, New York
Alma mater	Cornell University (BS); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD); University of California, San Francisco (Postdoc);
Awards	HHMI Professor, Searle Scholar
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics; Cell Biology; Developmental Biology;
Institutions	Rockefeller University; Stanford University;
Thesis	Genetic analysis of the yeast microtubule cytoskeleton (1988)
Doctoral advisor	David Botstein
Other academic advisors	Marc Kirschner
Website	www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/13418-tim-stearns/; profiles.stanford.edu/tim-stearns;

Tim Stearns (born 1961 in Manhasset, New York) is an American scientist and university administrator. He is a Professor and Dean of the graduate school at The Rockefeller University, where he is Head of the Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics. Stearns was formerly the Frank Lee and Carol Hall Professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, with appointments in the Department of Genetics and the Cancer Center in the Stanford Medical School. Stearns served as chair of the Department of Biology at Stanford, 2014-2020, as well as Acting Dean of Research and Senior Associate Vice Provost of Research. He also chaired the 52nd Faculty Senate, 2019-2020. Stearns was an HHMI Professor 2002-2024, and is a member of JASON, a scientific advisory group. He has served on the editorial boards of The Journal of Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Cell.