Dan Graur
Encyclopedia
Dan Graur is an American
scientist working in the fields of molecular evolution
. He is currently the John and Rebecca Moores Professor at the University of Houston
. He is coauthor along with Wen-Hsiung Li
of Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution.
at the University of Texas at Houston. His advisor was Masatoshi Nei
. From 2009 to 2011 he has held the position of Councillor for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Graur is also a patron of the art
s and has contributed to the yearly updated cover of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
In 2011 Dan Graur was awarded the Humboldt Prize
.
United States
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scientist working in the fields of molecular evolution
Molecular evolution
Molecular evolution is in part a process of evolution at the scale of DNA, RNA, and proteins. Molecular evolution emerged as a scientific field in the 1960s as researchers from molecular biology, evolutionary biology and population genetics sought to understand recent discoveries on the structure...
. He is currently the John and Rebecca Moores Professor at the University of Houston
University of Houston
The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of...
. He is coauthor along with Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li is a Taiwanese American scientist working in the fields of molecular evolution, population genetics, and genomics...
of Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution.
Biography
In 1985 Graur received his Ph.D.Ph.D.
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at the University of Texas at Houston. His advisor was Masatoshi Nei
Masatoshi Nei
is Evan Pugh Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania State University and Director of the since 1990. He was born in 1931 in Miyazaki Prefecture, on Kyūshū Island, Japan...
. From 2009 to 2011 he has held the position of Councillor for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Graur is also a patron of the art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s and has contributed to the yearly updated cover of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
In 2011 Dan Graur was awarded the Humboldt Prize
Humboldt Prize
The Humboldt Prize, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to internationally renowned scientists and scholars, and is currently valued at € 60,000 with the possibility of further support during the prize winner's life. Up to one...
.