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Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 119-122

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From page 119...
... He has also served on advisory boards for the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was a member of the National Academies Committee on Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms: Recommendations for Responsible Conduct (2015–2018) and chair of the Committee on Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf (2018–2019)
From page 120...
... She is the scientific manager of the 200 Mammals Project, an international collaboration that is using comparative genomics -- specifically, the conservation of DNA sequence over evolutionary time -- to identify genetic factors that underlie mammalian phenotypes. Her earlier work identified population genetic and demographic factors that shape the global distribution of fragile X syndrome and yielded new statistical methods for tracking epigenetic stability and change across mammalian development.
From page 121...
... Her awards include the American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, the Burroughs Welcome Award for Functional Genomics, the Asa Mays Award, Lifetime Achievement Awards for both her prostate cancer and canine genetics work, and the Genetics Society of America Medal in 2013. She was elected into the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.
From page 122...
... He recently served as the president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the director of the IU Center for Biological Research Collections, and the associate director of the Environmental Resilience Institute, and he was an Edward P Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar with the Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies.


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