Daniel S. Rokhsar
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Daniel S. Rokhsar is a professor in the departments of Physics and of Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley
and Head of the Plant Genomics Program at the Joint Genome Institute
of the United States Department of Energy
. His research is focused on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity of animals by combining computational genome analysis
with comparative developmental biology. Rokhsar received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University
, and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1989.
Rokhsar was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2000.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
and Head of the Plant Genomics Program at the Joint Genome Institute
Joint Genome Institute
The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute was created in 1997 to unite the expertise and resources in genome mapping, DNA sequencing, technology development, and information sciences pioneered at the DOE genome centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Lawrence Livermore...
of the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
. His research is focused on understanding the origin, evolution, and diversity of animals by combining computational genome analysis
Computational genomics
Computational genomics refers to the use of computational analysis to decipher biology from genome sequences and related data , including both DNA and RNA sequence as well as other "post-genomic" data...
with comparative developmental biology. Rokhsar received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, and joined the Berkeley faculty in 1989.
Awards
As a teenager, Rokhsar was one of the winners in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search.Rokhsar was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 2000.