Jonathan Eisen
Birth nameJonathan Andrew Eisen
Birth dateAugust 31, 1968 (age 58)
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Doctoral advisorPhilip Hanawalt
Thesis year1998
Thesis urlhttps://books.google.com/books?id=-55EAQAAIAAJ
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Websitewww.genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/people/jaeisen

Jonathan Andrew Eisen (born August 31, 1968)[5] is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis.[1][6] His academic research is in the fields of evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology and he was the academic editor-in-chief of the open access journal PLOS Biology between February 2008 and December 2012.[7][8][9][10][11]

Education

Eisen completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College in 1990, earning an AB degree in biology.[12] He graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford University in 1998 with a thesis on the evolution of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes in 1998, supervised by Philip Hanawalt.[13]

Research

Eisen's research[1][14] focuses on the origin of novelty, how new processes and functions originate in living things. To study this, he focuses on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis.

Eisen, together with Nick Barton, Derek E.G. Briggs, David B. Goldstein, and Nipam H. Patel, authored the undergraduate textbook, Evolution, that integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional evolutionary studies.[2] According to Google Scholar[1] his most cited peer-reviewed papers are on the genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum,[15] sequencing the Sargasso Sea[16] and a paper on the genome of Thermotoga maritima.[17]

Prior to working at UC Davis he was an Investigator at The Institute for Genomic Research.

Eisen and his work is routinely discussed in the scientific and popular press. Examples include a New York Times article on the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea in 2009[18] and extensive coverage of work on searching for a "fourth domain" of life.[19][20] In addition, Eisen's blogging and microblogging work is frequently written about.[21][22][23] His brother Michael Eisen is also a biologist.

Awards and honors

Eisen was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics) in 2011 and the Esquire Magazine's Best and Brightest in 2002.[24] He was awarded the Walter J. Gores Award, Faculty Achievement Awards for Excellence in Teaching.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology (FAAM).[4] He was awarded the UC Davis ADVANCE Scholar Award in 2019, for his work to improve gender equity in STEM through teaching, research, and service.

References

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  2. ^ Nipam H. Patel; Barton, Nicholas John; Derek E. G. Briggs; Eisen, Jonathan; Goldstein, David I. (2007). Evolution. Plainview, N.Y: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. ISBN 978-0-87969-684-9.
  3. ^ "Office of the University Registrar – Walter J. Gores Awards | Student Affairs". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/leadership/6291 Archived May 14, 2016 at the Wayback Machine UC DAVIS PROFESSOR NAMED AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MICROBIOLOGY FELLOW
  5. ^ Gegger, Laura (December 24, 2012). "These Were a Few of Their Favorite Things". The New York Times. Archived September 6, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 25, 2017. Jonathan Eisen: 44, evolutionary biologist, University of California, Davis, and academic editor in chief of PLoS Biology
  6. ^ McDermid, Charles (2021-12-30). "UC Davis microbiome expert weighs in on the Omicron variant and shares his evolving thoughts on eating out, indoor events and long Covid". Sactown Magazine. Archived April 16, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  7. ^ Eisen, J. A. (2008). "PLoS Biology 2.0". PLOS Biology. 6 (2): e48. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060048. PMC 2253640. PMID 18303952
  8. ^ "A new domain of life: Plenty more bugs in the sea, The Economist". 2011-03-24. Archived June 10, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-09. article about Jonathan Eisen in The Economist
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  10. ^ The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative, I. (2000). "Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana". Nature. 408 (6814): 796–815. Bibcode:2000Natur.408..796T. doi:10.1038/35048692. PMID 11130711
  11. ^ "Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes (TEDMED 2012)". July 10, 2012. Archived January 18, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  12. ^ "Jonathan Eisen » Faculty". UC Davis Genome Center. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  13. ^ Eisen, Jonathan Andrew (1998). The evolution of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes (PhD). Stanford University.
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  15. ^ Gardner, M. J.; Hall, N.; Fung, E.; White, O.; Berriman, M.; Hyman, R. W.; Carlton, J. M.; Pain, A.; Nelson, K. E.; Bowman, S.; Paulsen, I. T.; James, K.; Eisen, J. A.; Rutherford, K.; Salzberg, S. L.; Craig, A.; Kyes, S.; Chan, M. S.; Nene, V.; Shallom, S. J.; Suh, B.; Peterson, J.; Angiuoli, S.; Pertea, M.; Allen, J.; Selengut, J.; Haft, D.; Mather, M. W.; Vaidya, A. B.; Martin, D. M. A. (2002). "Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum". Nature. 419 (6906): 498–511. Bibcode:2002Natur.419..498G. doi:10.1038/nature01097. PMC 3836256. PMID 12368864
  16. ^ Venter, J. C.; Remington, K.; Heidelberg, J.; Halpern, A.; Rusch, D.; Eisen, J.; Wu, D.; Paulsen, I.; Nelson, K.; Nelson, W.; Fouts, D. E.; Levy, S.; Knap, A. H.; Lomas, M. W.; Nealson, K.; White, O.; Peterson, J.; Hoffman, J.; Parsons, R.; Baden-Tillson, H.; Pfannkoch, C.; Rogers, Y. H.; Smith, H. O. (2004). "Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea". Science. 304 (5667): 66–74. Bibcode:2004Sci...304...66V. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.124.1840. doi:10.1126/science.1093857. PMID 15001713. S2CID 1454587
  17. ^ Fraser, C. M.; Clayton, K. E.; Gill, R. A.; Gwinn, S. R.; Dodson, M. L.; Haft, R. J.; Hickey, D. H.; Peterson, E. K.; Nelson, J. D.; Ketchum, W. C.; McDonald, K. A.; Utterback, L.; Malek, T. R.; Linher, J. A.; Garrett, K. D.; Stewart, M. M.; Cotton, A. M.; Pratt, M. D.; Phillips, M. S.; Richardson, C. A.; Heidelberg, D.; Sutton, J.; Fleischmann, G. G.; Eisen, R. D.; White, J. A.; Salzberg, O.; Smith, S. L.; Venter, H. O.; Fraser, J. C. (1999). "Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima". Nature. 399 (6734): 323–329. Bibcode:1999Natur.399..323N. doi:10.1038/20601. PMID 10360571. S2CID 4420157
  18. ^ Zimmer, Carl (December 29, 2009). "Scientists Start a Genomic Catalog of Earth's Abundant Microbes". The New York Times. Archived October 12, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  19. ^ "Plenty more bugs in the sea". The Economist. March 24, 2011. Archived June 10, 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  20. ^ Dickey Zakaib, G. (2011). "The challenge of microbial diversity: Out on a limb". Nature. 476 (7358): 20–21. doi:10.1038/476020a. PMID 21814255
  21. ^ Mandavilli, A. (2011). "Peer review: Trial by Twitter". Nature. 469 (7330): 286–287. Bibcode:2011Natur.469..286M. doi:10.1038/469286a. PMID 21248816
  22. ^ "The Scientist Magazine® - Magazines". Archived from the original on April 12, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  23. ^ Brumfiel, G. (2009). "Science journalism: Breaking the convention?". Nature. 459 (7250): 1050–1051. doi:10.1038/4591050a. PMID 19553969
  24. ^ The Maverick – Esquire Archived October 13, 2012 at the Wayback Machine