Jo Handelsman
American microbiologist
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Jo Emily Handelsman
( 1959-03-19 ) March 19, 1959 (age 64)
New York City
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Cornell University
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University of Wisconsin, Madison ( MS , PhD ) |
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Yale University
University of Wisconsin, Madison Cornell University |
Website | Hughes Institute website |
Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959 in New York City ) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison . [1] She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. [2] Handelsman was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , where she served for three years until January 2017. [3] She has been editor-in-chief of the academic journal DNA and Cell Biology and author of books on scientific education , most notably Scientific Teaching . [4] [5] [6]
Education
Handelsman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy from Cornell University in 1979 and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1984. [7]
Career
Handelsman secured a faculty position in plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. She remained at Wisconsin until 2009, and then took a position at the Yale University Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in 2010. [4] [5] [8] Her research involves the study of microorganisms present in soil and insect gut . [4] She is responsible for coining the term metagenomics [9] and is particularly known for her work in pioneering the use of functional metagenomics to study antibiotic resistance. [10] She has published books and held workshops on scientific teaching, for which she is recognized nationally. [5]
She is an active researcher and advocate of women in science issues. One of Handelsman's seminal studies found that the gender of a name on a science resume affected a professor's inclination to hire, mentor, and pay applicants for a lab position. [11] She was co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute [12] [13] and was the first president of the Rosalind Franklin Society. [4] [14] In 2008 she received the Alice C. Evans Award . In 2011 she was awarded the Presidential Award for Science Mentoring, which recognizes mentors in science or engineering. [15] In 2015 she gave the third annual Patrusky Lecture .
Honors and awards
She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a Fellow in 2019. [16]
In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . [17]
Bibliography
- Scientific Teaching (2006) ( ISBN 978-1429201889 )
- Entering Mentoring:A Seminar to Train a New Generation of Scientists (2008) ( ISBN 978-0981516110 )
- A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet (2021) ( ISBN 978-0300271119 )
References
- ↑ Natasha Kassulke (November 29, 2016). "Jo Handelsman named director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery" . news.wisc.edu . Retrieved 2016-12-01 .
- ↑ "Jo Handelsman" . Wisconsin Institute for Discovery . 2018-05-01 . Retrieved 2019-10-06 .
- ↑ "Jo Handelsman" . The White House . Retrieved 2020-03-08 .
- 1 2 3 4 "Jo Handelsman, PhD Profile" . Yale School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010 . Retrieved 10 September 2010 .
- 1 2 3 "Jo Handelsman, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute . Retrieved 10 September 2010 .
- ↑ Brumfiel, G.; Tollefson, J.; Hand, E.; Baker, M.; Cyranoski, D.; Shen, H.; Van Noorden, R.; Nosengo, N.; et al. (2012). "366 days: Nature ' s 10" . Nature . 492 (7429): 335–343. Bibcode : 2012Natur.492..335. . doi : 10.1038/492335a . PMID 23257862 .
- ↑ "Curriculum vitae" (PDF) . The University of New Hampshire . Retrieved 10 September 2010 .
- ↑ Gellman, Lindsay (February 1, 2010). "Prof. to push diversity" . Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012 . Retrieved 10 September 2010 .
- ↑ Handelsman, J.; Rondon, M. R.; Brady, S. F.; Clardy, J.; Goodman, R. M. (1998). "Molecular biological access to the chemistry of unknown soil microbes: A new frontier for natural products" . Chemistry & Biology . 5 (10): R245–R249. doi : 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90108-9 . PMID 9818143 .
- ↑ Riesenfeld, C. S.; Goodman, R. M.; Handelsman, J. (2004). "Uncultured soil bacteria are a reservoir of new antibiotic resistance genes". Environmental Microbiology . 6 (9): 981–9. doi : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00664.x . PMID 15305923 . S2CID 10738923 .
- ↑ Moss-Racusin, Corinne; et al. (2012). "Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students" . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A . 109 (41): 16474–9. Bibcode : 2012PNAS..10916474M . doi : 10.1073/pnas.1211286109 . PMC 3478626 . PMID 22988126 .
- ↑ "Despite Gains, Women Still Face Bias in Science Careers" . Newswise, Inc. 2005-08-15 . Retrieved 17 January 2011 .
- ↑ "WISELI" . Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 . Retrieved 17 January 2011 .
- ↑ "Rosalind Franklin Society" . Rosalind Franklin Society. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019 . Retrieved 1 May 2012 .
- ↑ "Yale's Jo Handelsman Receives Presidential Award for Science Mentoring" . Yale University. January 21, 2011 . Retrieved 1 May 2012 .
- ↑ "2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election" . members.amacad.org . Archived from the original on 2020-03-02 . Retrieved 2020-03-08 .
- ↑ "2023 NAS Election" .
External links
- Interview with Handelsman by CBE: Life Sciences Education
- Jo Handelsman's Short Talk: "The Practice of Mentoring"
- Women in Microbiology - Jo Handelsman on YouTube
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