Peter S. Kim
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories

• Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories, 2008 to present
• President, Merck Research Laboratories, 2003-2008
• Executive Vice President, Research and Development, MRL, 2001 - 2002

• Associate Head, Department of Biology, M.I.T., 1999 - 2001
• Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1997 - 2001
• Professor of Biology, M.I.T., 1995 - 2001
• Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 1992 - 2001
• Associate Professor of Biology, M.I.T., 1992 - 1995
• Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1990 - 1993
• Assistant Professor of Biology, M.I.T., 1988 - 1992
• Whitehead Fellow, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 1985 - 1988

• Ph.D., Biochemistry, Stanford University, 1985
• A.B., Chemistry, Cornell University, 1979

• Member, Board of Directors, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2003 - present
• Member, Board of Directors, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 2005 - present
• Member, Oversight Committee, Division on Earth and Life Studies, The National Academies, 2006 - 2008
• Member, Council, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2006 - 2008

• Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1997
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 1997
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999
• Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 1999
• Fellow, Biophysical Society, 1999
• Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2000

• National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, 1993
• Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, 1994
• Dupont Merck Young Investigator Award, 1994
• Pfizer Animal Health Award, 1995
• Ho-Am Prize for Basic Science, Samsung Foundation, 1998
• Hans Neurath Award, Protein Society, 1999
• Harvey Lecture, The Harvey Society, 2002