Jo Handelsman

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Jo Handelsman
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cornell University
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Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959, in

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.

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

  1. ^ Natasha Kassulke (November 29, 2016). "Jo Handelsman named director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery". news.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  2. ^ "Jo Handelsman". Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. ^ "Jo Handelsman". The White House. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. ^ a b c d "Jo Handelsman, PhD Profile". Yale School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "Jo Handelsman, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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  7. ^ "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). The University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  8. ^ Gellman, Lindsay (February 1, 2010). "Prof. to push diversity". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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  10. S2CID 10738923
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  11. PMID 22988126
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  12. ^ "Despite Gains, Women Still Face Bias in Science Careers". Newswise, Inc. 2005-08-15. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  13. ^ "WISELI". Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Rosalind Franklin Society". Rosalind Franklin Society. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Yale's Jo Handelsman Receives Presidential Award for Science Mentoring". Yale University. January 21, 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "2023 NAS Election".

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