1.0Biochemistry and Biophysicshttps://www.med.unc.edu/biochemCarolyn Clabohttps://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/author/cclabo/Karl Kowalewski | Biochemistry and Biophysicsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="U4btkBCafN"><a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/directory/karl-kowalewski/">Karl Kowalewski</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/directory/karl-kowalewski/embed/#?secret=U4btkBCafN" width="600" height="338" title="“Karl Kowalewski” — Biochemistry and Biophysics" data-secret="U4btkBCafN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/wp-content/uploads/sites/795/2026/01/Karl-M-Kowalewski_headshot.jpg666670Karl earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from NC State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His graduate research was supervised by Dr. Matthew Lazzara, where he studied the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition by the tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer. Karl joined the Tamir and Yates labs as a postdoc in the … Read more