Scholars@Duke
Gustavo M. Silva

Gustavo M. Silva

Associate Professor of Biology
Biology
gustavo.silva@duke.edu
130 Science Drive, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708
130 Science Drive, 3103 French, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Paul T. Englund Emerging Scholar Award

National Johns Hopkins School of Medicine · 2024

Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Other Duke Graduate School · 2023 More about this award

Science Diversity Leadership Award

National Chan Zuckerberg Initiative · 2022

Best Professor Award

National Vanderbilt Basic Sciences Juneteenth Committee · 2022

100 inspiring Black scientists in America

National Cell Mentor (CellPress) · 2020 More about this award

Faculty of 1000 Research Prize

University NYU/F1000 · 2015

Travel award for VI Meeting

International Society for Free Radical in Biology and Medicine · 2009

Travel award for V Meeting

International Society for Free Radical in Biology and Medicine · 2007

Young Investigator Award

Other Butantan Institute · 2006

SBBq Award

International Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2005

In the News

Published April 22, 2025
Ten Faculty Named 2025 Bass Chairs
Published August 25, 2023
Building Resistance by Strengthening Our Cells
Published April 6, 2023
Duke Junior Sofia Guerrero Named Goldwater Scholar
Published March 12, 2023
2023 Dean's Awards: Gustavo M. Silva
Published October 19, 2022
Three of 25 Science Diversity Leadership Awards Come to Duke
Published May 27, 2022
Gene Linked to Severe Learning Disabilities Governs Cell Stress Response
Published May 5, 2022
Three Juniors Selected as Faculty Scholars for Excellence in Research
Published March 29, 2022
FOSTERING THE ADVANCEMENT OF BLACK FACULTY
Published May 12, 2021
Building Life Protein by Protein
Published May 9, 2019
Junior Faculty, Students, Launch 'Black Think Tank'
Published August 8, 2018
Gustavo Silva on How a Network Built a Research Career
Published November 30, 2017
From a doctor-turned-mathematician to an art historian teaching politics, meet some of Duke's newest faculty
Published November 6, 2017
Gustavo Monteiro Silva: From Brazil, Taking on a Crucial Challenge in Cell Biology
Published February 11, 2015
New mechanism of cellular response to oxidative stress discovered
Published February 5, 2015
A novel ubiquitin-related marker in oxidative stress response
Published January 26, 2015
Scientists Identify New Mechanism to Aid Cells Under Stress
Published May 16, 2012
Research shows how cells eliminate oxidized proteins