Charles M. Rice facts for kids

Charles M. Rice
Quick facts for kids Charles M. Rice
	Portrait of Charles M. Rice
Born	Charles Moen Rice ; August 25, 1952 (age 69); Sacramento, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Davis (BS); California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD);
Awards	Robert Koch Prize (2015); Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2016); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2020);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Washington University School of Medicine; Rockefeller University; Cornell University;
Thesis	Studies on the Structural Proteins of Sindbis Virus (1981)
Doctoral advisor	James Strauss

Charles M. Rice (born August 25, 1952) is an American virologist. His main area of research is hepatitis C virus. He is a professor of virology at the Rockefeller University. He was born in Sacramento, California.

Rice is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the National Academy of Sciences and was president of the American Society for Virology from 2002 to 2003.

Along with Michael Houghton and Harvey J. Alter, he was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.