Graham Hatfull Explained

Graham F. Hatfull
Birth Date:22 August 1957
Birth Place:Maidstone, Kent, England
Citizenship:US, UK
Fields:Bacteriophage biology, Microbiology
Workplaces:Yale University
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
University of Pittsburgh
Alma Mater:Westfield College, University of London
University of Edinburgh
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Doctoral Advisor:Willie Donachie
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Website:http://hatfull.org

Graham F. Hatfull is the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studies bacteriophages.[1] He has been an HHMI professor since 2002, and is the creator of their SEA-PHAGES program.[2] In 2024, he was elected as a permanent member of the National Academy of Sciences.[3]

Life and career

Hatfull studied biological sciences at Westfield College, University of London from 1975 to 1978.[4] He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1981.[1] He did postdoctoral research at Yale University and the Medical Research Council.[4]

In 2002,[5] he developed the SEA-PHAGES, originally the PHIRE (Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education) program,[6] which he originally developed to include 10-12 students per year.[2] The program existed only at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002 to 2008, when the HHMI created the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program. The first year of SEA-PHAGES, the program had 12 participative universities. The program has since spread to more than 100 universities and thousands of students per year.[2] [7]

Honors

Hatfull is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2020 became a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[8]

He is also the winner of the 2013 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award [9] and the 2020 Peter Wildy Prize.[10]

In 2024, Hatfull was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[11] According to the Academy "[members] are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Current NAS membership totals approximately 2,400 members and 500 international members, of which approximately 190 have received Nobel prizes."[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Graham Hatfull Department of Biological Sciences University of Pittsburgh . www.biology.pitt.edu . 8 May 2019 . en.
  2. Web site: HHMI Professors HHMI.org . www.hhmi.org . 8 May 2019.
  3. Web site: 2024 NAS Election . National Academy of Science Website . 1 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Graham Hatfull . Hatfull Lab . 8 May 2019.
  5. Hatfull . Graham F. . Innovations in Undergraduate Science Education: Going Viral . 16 . Journal of Virology . 89 . 8111–8113 . en . 10.1128/JVI.03003-14 . 26018168 . 4524241 . 15 August 2015.
  6. Temple . Louise . Lewis . Lynn . Phage on the stage . Bacteriophage . 5 . 3 . e1062589 . 10.1080/21597081.2015.1062589 . 26442195 . 4588534 . 22 June 2015.
  7. Web site: Science Education Alliance HHMI.org . www.hhmi.org . 8 May 2019.
  8. Web site: New Members.
  9. Web site: Six AAAS Members Win American Society for Microbiology Award | American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  10. Web site: Prize Lecture winners 2020.
  11. Web site: 2024 NAS Election . National Academy of Science Website . 1 May 2024.
  12. Web site: National Academy Membership Overview . National Academy of Science Webpage . 1 May 2024.