Joseph R. Ecker
Joseph R Ecker | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | The College of New Jersey Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center |
| Known for | Plant biology and epigenetics |
| Awards | 2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America 2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year TIME Magazine |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Hyman |
| Website | http://www.salk.edu/faculty/ecker.html https://twitter.com/joeecker |
Joseph R. Ecker is an American plant biologist and molecular biologist.[1] He is Professor of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory and Director of the Genomic Analysis Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He holds the Salk International Council Chair in Genetics.
He is also an adjunct professor in the Section of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, San Diego.[2]
Biography
[edit]Ecker completed a BA degree in biology in 1978 at The College of New Jersey.[3] He then joined the laboratory of virologist Dr. Richard Hyman and studied herpes viruses at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He joined Ronald W. Davis's lab at Stanford University. In 1987, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Plant Science Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2017.
Notable honors and awards
[edit]2024 ILCHUN Molecular Medicine Award of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
2024 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement (PACLA) Award
2014-2023 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher: Molecular Biology and Genetics
2014-2019, 2021 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher: Plant and Animal Science
2017 John M. Chemerda Lectures at The Pennsylvania State University
2015 Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2015 Top 10 Health Innovations of 2015, Popular Science Magazine
2012 Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
2011 Investigator - Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Gordon and Betty Moore Fdn
2011 Discover Magazine Top 100 Science Stories
2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America
2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year -TIME Magazine
2009 SF Yang Memorial Lecture/Award, SF Yang Memorial Foundation, Taiwan
2007 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences
2006 Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
2006 The Woolhouse Lecture, John Innes Centre, Norwich United Kingdom
2005 Martin Gibbs Medal, American Society for Plant Biology
2004 Scientific American 50: Research Leader of the Year in Agriculture
2004 Distinguished Research Award International Plant Growth Substances Association
2001 Co- Recipient Kumho Science International Award, Kumho Foundation, Korea
1983-1986 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology
1978-1982 National Research Service Award Predoctoral Training Fellowship, NIH
1978 Student Originated Studies Award, National Science Foundation
- ^ "Joseph R. Ecker- Salk Institute – Faculty & Research – Faculty". www.salk.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Joseph Ecker". biology.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ a b Trivedi, Bijal P. (27 Feb 2007). "Profile of Joseph R. Ecker". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (9): 3023–3025. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.3023T. doi:10.1073/pnas.0607124104. PMC 1805523.
