Dan Graur \ˈɡra.ur\ (born July 24, 1953, in Piatra Neamț) is a Romanian-American scientist working in the field of molecular evolution.[1][2] He is a Moores Professor at the University of Houston and Professor Emeritus of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is coauthor along with Wen-Hsiung Li of Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution.[3] His Molecular and Genome Evolution[4] was published in 2016.
Dan Graur | |
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| Born | July 24, 1953 (age 71) Piatra Neamț, Romania |
| Nationality |  Romania |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | molecular evolution genome evolution |
| Institutions | University of Houston Tel Aviv University University of Tübingen |
| Thesis | Studies on the Patterns of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Substitution (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Masatoshi Nei |
| Website | nsm |
Education
editDan Graur earned a B.Sc. in biology and an M.Sc. in Zoology from Tel Aviv University. In 1985 Graur received his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for research supervised by Masatoshi Nei. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Career
editFrom 1986 to 2003 he worked in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University. He retired in 2006 as Norman and Rose Lederer Professor Emeritus of Zoology. In 2003, he moved to the University of Houston. From 2009 to 2011 he has held the position of Councillor for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Graur has been noted for his criticisms of the ENCODE project.[5]
Awards and honors
editIn 2011 Graur was awarded the Humboldt Prize.[6] In 2015, he was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[7]
References
edit- ^ Faculty profile, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Houston. Accessed May 29, 2011
- ^ Dan Graur's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Dan Graur; Wen-Hsiung Li (2000). Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution: Second Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc. ISBN 0878932666.
- ^ Dan Graur (2016). Molecular and Genome Evolution. Sinauer Associates, Inc. ISBN 978-0878932665.
- ^ Graur, D.; Zheng, Y.; Price, N.; Azevedo, R. B. R.; Zufall, R. A.; Elhaik, E. (2013). "On the Immortality of Television Sets: "Function" in the Human Genome According to the Evolution-Free Gospel of ENCODE". Genome Biology and Evolution. 5 (3): 578–590. doi:10.1093/gbe/evt028. PMC 3622293. PMID 23431001.
- ^ Top-tier Work Earns UH Biologist Prestigious Humboldt Prize, News&Events, February 21, 2011, University of Houston. Accessed May 29, 2011
- ^ "Two University of Houston Scientists Elected as AAAS Fellows".