About
Frances H. Arnold has served on Alphabet's Board since 2019 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry and Director of the Rosen Bioengineering Center at the California Institute of Technology, which she joined in 1986.
Her laboratory focuses on protein engineering by directed evolution; she is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Millennium Technology Prize, and the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Roles
Alphabet Inc.
Independent Director · Current role
2019–present
California Institute of Technology
Visiting Associate, Assistant Professor, Professor, and Director
1986 - present
External Roles
Generate Biomedicines
Director
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Illumina, Inc.
Director
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Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Advisory Council
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Applied Materials
Growth Technical Advisory Board
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Director Compensation
FY 2025Fees earned or paid in cash
$75,000
Stock awards
$362,396
All other compensation
$0
Total
$437,396
Also at Alphabet Inc.
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