Carolyn Williamson
# Carolyn Williamson

Carolyn Williamson is a South African virologist and microbiologist who is a professor of medical virology at the University of Cape Town. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa and the African Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Her research focuses on HIV vaccine development and prevention of the disease.

## Education and career

Williamson earned her PhD from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Cape Town in 1988.

