Jo Handelsman Explained

Jo Handelsman
Birth Name:Jo Emily Handelsman
Birth Date:19 March 1959
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Education:Cornell University (BS)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (MS, PhD)
Workplaces:Yale University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cornell University

Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959, in New York City) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.[2] Handelsman was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she served for three years until January 2017.[3] She has been editor-in-chief of the academic journal DNA and Cell Biology and author of books on scientific education, most notably Scientific Teaching.[4] [5] [6]

Education

Handelsman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy from Cornell University in 1979 and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1984.[7]

Career

Handelsman secured a faculty position in plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. She remained at Wisconsin until 2009, and then took a position at the Yale University Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in 2010.[4] [5] [8] Her research involves the study of microorganisms present in soil and insect gut.[4] She is responsible for coining the term metagenomics[9] and is particularly known for her work in pioneering the use of functional metagenomics to study antibiotic resistance.[10] She has published books and held workshops on scientific teaching, for which she is recognized nationally.[5]

She is an active researcher and advocate of women in science issues. One of Handelsman's seminal studies found that the gender of a name on a science resume affected a professor's inclination to hire, mentor, and pay applicants for a lab position.[11] She was co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute[12] [13] and was the first president of the Rosalind Franklin Society.[4] [14] In 2008 she received the Alice C. Evans Award. In 2011 she was awarded the Presidential Award for Science Mentoring, which recognizes mentors in science or engineering.[15] In 2015 she gave the third annual Patrusky Lecture.

Honors and awards

She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a Fellow in 2019.[16]

In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[17]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jo Handelsman named director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. news.wisc.edu. 2016-12-01. Natasha Kassulke. November 29, 2016.
  2. Web site: Jo Handelsman. 2018-05-01. Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. en-US. 2019-10-06.
  3. Web site: Jo Handelsman. The White House. en. 2020-03-08.
  4. Web site: Jo Handelsman, PhD Profile. Yale School of Medicine. 10 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100622110010/http://bbs.yale.edu/people/jo_handelsman-2.profile. 22 June 2010. dead.
  5. Web site: Jo Handelsman, Ph.D.. Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 10 September 2010.
  6. Brumfiel . G. . Tollefson . J. . Hand . E. . Baker . M. . Cyranoski . D. . Shen . H. . Van Noorden . R. . Nosengo . N. . Butler . D. . Fouchier . R . 2012 . 366 days: Natures 10 . Nature . 492 . 7429 . 335–343 . 2012Natur.492..335. . 23257862 . 10.1038/492335a. 8 . free .
  7. Web site: Curriculum vitae. The University of New Hampshire. 10 September 2010.
  8. Web site: Prof. to push diversity. Gellman. Lindsay. February 1, 2010. Yale Daily News. 10 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920195824/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/feb/01/prof-to-push-diversity/. 20 September 2012. dead.
  9. Handelsman . J. . Rondon . M. R. . Brady . S. F. . Clardy . J. . Goodman . R. M. . Molecular biological access to the chemistry of unknown soil microbes: A new frontier for natural products . Chemistry & Biology . 5 . 10 . R245–R249 . 1998 . 10.1016/S1074-5521(98)90108-9 . 9818143. free .
  10. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00664.x. 15305923. Uncultured soil bacteria are a reservoir of new antibiotic resistance genes. Environmental Microbiology. 6. 9. 981–9. 2004. Riesenfeld . C. S. . Goodman . R. M. . Handelsman . J. . 2004EnvMi...6..981R. 10738923.
  11. Moss-Racusin. Corinne. etal. Science faculty's subtle gender biases favor male students. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 2012. 109. 41. 16474–9. 10.1073/pnas.1211286109. 3478626. 2012PNAS..10916474M. 22988126. free.
  12. Web site: Despite Gains, Women Still Face Bias in Science Careers. 2005-08-15. Newswise, Inc. 17 January 2011.
  13. Web site: WISELI. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 17 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720114339/http://wiseli.engr.wisc.edu/people/handelsman.php. 20 July 2011. dead.
  14. Web site: Rosalind Franklin Society. Rosalind Franklin Society. 1 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190403230610/http://www.rosalindfranklinsociety.org/about/board-officers. 3 April 2019. dead.
  15. Web site: Yale's Jo Handelsman Receives Presidential Award for Science Mentoring. January 21, 2011. Yale University. 1 May 2012.
  16. Web site: 2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election. members.amacad.org. dead. 2020-03-08. 2020-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174101/https://members.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx.
  17. Web site: 2023 NAS Election .

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