User:Deejoe/Elizabeth W. Jones (Draft)

Elizabeth W. Jones (1939-2008) was an American biologist, yeast geneticist, educator, and scientific leader.

Genetics Society of America (GSA)

http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/excellenceeducation.shtml

GSA Excellence in Education Award in 2007

1987 GSA president

editor-in-chief of GSA’s journal GENETICS for nearly 12 years (1996-2008)

University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University

head of the Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences

University of Washington, Ph.D. (genetics) MIT (postdoc) Case-Western Reserve, faculty Carnegie Mellon University (1974-2008)

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2008/06/16/Obituary-Elizabeth-W-Jones-Genetics-professor-at-CMU/stories/200806160139

University of Washington (BA, 1960) first ever genetics doctorate at UW (1964) at CWRU 5 years before joining CMU

Robert Doherty Prize for Excellence in Education (CMU)

Julius Ashkin Teaching Award (CMU Mellon College of Science)

Excellence in Education Award (GSA, 2007)

Lifetime Achievement Award (GSA, 2008 for pioneering work in yeast genetics)

Genetics: Principles and Analysis with Daniel L. Hartl in several editions (4th ed. at Amazon now)

Essential Genetics: A Genomic Perspective (also with Hartl)

http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/June/june13_bethjones.shtml

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Career Development Award and a

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor (2002)

elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

elected fellow of the American Academy of Sciences

member and former president of the Genetics Society of America

member of the American Societies for Cell Biology, Human Genetics and Microbiology.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2644932/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/yea.1664/pdf

http://www.cmu.edu/uls/2007-2008/beth-jones/