Paul E. Turner
Paul E. Turner | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Rochester Michigan State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Evolutionary Biology, Virology |
Institutions | Yale University Yale School of Medicine |
Thesis | Bacteria and conjugative plasmids: model systems for testing evolutionary theory (1995) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Lenski |
Paul E. Turner is an American evolutionary biologist and virologist, the Rachel Carson Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University, and a faculty member in microbiology at the Yale School of Medicine.[1][2] His research focuses on the evolutionary genetics of viruses, particularly bacteriophages and RNA viruses transmitted by mosquitoes.[2][3]
Early life
Paul Turner was born in
Although he entered college at the
Scientific career
Turner began his graduate studies in the program of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine in 1989, working with Richard E. Lenski as his PhD advisor.[7] When Lenski’s research group transferred to Michigan State University in 1991, Turner moved with the group and completed his PhD in Zoology (with a certificate in Ecology and Evolution) there in 1995.[7] In doing so, Turner became only the fifth African American to receive a PhD in evolutionary biology.[6] During his time in Lenski’s group, Turner studied bacterial systems to address fundamental questions at the interface of ecology and evolution, such as the trade-off between horizontal and vertical transmission in parasites.[8][9]
Following his graduate studies, Turner completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Valencia, and the National Institutes of Health.[7] In 2001, he was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University.[7] He was promoted to associate professor in 2006 and full professor in 2011.[7] Turner was a Whitman Center scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory from 2011 to 2015, where he also served on the faculty of the Molecular Evolution workshop and the Microbial Diversity course.[10]
Turner has co-authored over 150 publications that have together been cited over 6,000 times.[11] Although Turner is known for his foundational work in viral evolution, he has recently begun to apply his insights towards advancing the development of phage therapy against antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.[12][13]
Awards and recognition
- Elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)[2]
- Elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2019)[14]
References
- ^ "People | Paul Turner Lab".
- ^ a b c "Paul Turner | National Academy of Sciences".
- ^ "Projects | Paul Turner Lab".
- ^ a b c d e f "Paul Turner | Vision for a Sustainable Environmental Future" (PDF). 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae, Joseph L. Graves Jr" (PDF).
- ^ S2CID 204835624.
- ^ a b c d e "CV | Paul Turner Lab" (PDF).
- ^ Hopkin, Karen (30 Nov 2008). "First Sex, then Cheating". TheScientist.
- PMID 28568337.
- ^ ""Take Five" with Virologist Paul E. Turner". Marine Biological Laboratory. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Google Scholar | Paul Turner".
- ^ Zimmer, Carl (7 Dec 2016). "A virus, fished out of a lake, may have saved a man's life - and advanced science". Stat.
- PMID 30763536.
- ^ "Paul Turner | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". 2 July 2023.