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= Keolu Fox =

Early Career and education
Dr. Fox earned his doctorate in Genome Sciences in 2016 at the University of Washington, Seattle. He then went on to serve as a postdoctoral fellow at UCSD since 2016

Education:

B.A., Biological Anthropology, University of Maryland; Ph.D., Genome Sciences, University of Washington

Dissertation:

Next-generation ABO Genetics & Genomics

Thesis Advisor:

Debbie Nickerson, Professor of Genome Sciences, Evan Eichler, Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington

Research Topic:

Mining paleogenomic datasets for thrifty variants involved in catecholamine resistance

Mentor:

Alan Saltiel, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

https://ppfp.ucop.edu/info/fellowship-recipients/fellows-search.html?q=keolu+fox&sa=Search

Research and career
His primary research focuses on questions of functionalizing genomics, which involves putting to the test theories of natural selection by editing genes and determining the function of the mutations. This unique approach of hypothesis testing through gene editing allows him to examine and test effects of genetic variants assumed to be under natural selection, such as “thrifty genes” in Polynesians, or Neanderthal variants in human cell lines. Dr. Fox is using the latest gene editing (CRISPR) technologies to ask anthropological questions about natural selection in humans and other closely related species that have never before been testable.

His work has implications for understandings fundamental biological processes and diseases, and for these as they affect social groups. Dr. Fox connects biological anthropology with other subfields to address the relationship of genomics to society, the relationship of indigenous communities to science, questions of human health from a holistic biocultural perspective, and paleogenetics as a complement to archeological science.

Activism
Maunakea

Awards and honors

 * American Association for Physical Anthropology (Cobb Professional Development Grant) 2018
 * 2018 Regents of the University of California, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 2017 National Geographic Emerging Explorer
 * 2016 TED fellow
 * 2014 Smithsonian, Next-Generation Native Researcher
 * 2014 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Advanced Genome Sequencing Technologies

== "Dr. Fox earned his doctorate in Genome Sciences in 2016 at the University of Washington, Seattle. He then went on to serve as a postdoctoral fellow at UCSD since 2016, during which he was awarded the NIH, Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (2017) and the UC Chancellors’ Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018). Dr. Fox’s research program is multi-disciplinary in nature, reflecting his interdisciplinary research experience in anthropology, genomics, and computer science.   Based on this work, he has been granted prestigious awards from Anthropological institutions including and the National Geographic Emerging Explorer (selected as one of fourteen ‘world-changers’). ==

Select Publications

Frontiers in big data piece: Including vulnerable populations in the assessment of data from vulnerable populations: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdata.2019.00019/full
Nature piece: Use ancient remains more wisely: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02577-6?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf218337458=1

Nature podcast: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02516-5?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=briefingthread

The nation piece: The Fight for Mauna Kea Is a Fight Against Colonial Science: https://www.thenation.com/article/mauna-kea-tmt-colonial-science/

Kenneth Carter
Kenneth Carter is American chemist and a Professor of polymer science and engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the current director of NSF UMass Innovation Corps (i-Corps) Training Program, NSF NRT Traineeship Program – Soft Materials for Life Sciences, and UMass Nanoimprint Laboratory. He is co-founder of company Treaty LCC which is FogKicker.

Early career and education
Bachelors in chemistry from State University of New York at Oneonta, 1985

Ph.D. in Chemistry University of Vermont 1991

Research and career
IBM

Our group is interested in the design and fabrication of advanced materials with highly tailored properties. We possess expertise in synthetic polymer chemistry, surface modification, advanced manufacturing techniques, high resolution roll-to-roll patterning and device fabrication & characterization and work to solve problems impacting a number of technology areas including electronics, optics, sensors, clean air & water, and chemical safety. We also seek to exploit renewable resources, such as nanocellulose, in these advanced materials applications. P

Fog kicker was featured on that TV show! (https://businesswest.com/blog/fogkicker-principals-have-a-vision-and-like-what-they-see/)

https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=27698.php

https://www.masslive.com/business-news/2012/12/business_etc_freedom_credit_union_top_sb.html

https://www.gazettenet.com/FogKicker-brings-biology-to-clear-up-a-pernicious-problem-22106181

Awards and honors

 * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director’s Award for Science and Technology (2018)
 * American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry Fellow (2015)
 * ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Distinguished Service Award (2015)
 * SUNY Oneonta Alumni of Distinction (2013)
 * Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2013)
 * Percy Julian Medal, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) (2012)
 * Chair of the Division of Polymer Chemistry; Vice-Chair (2002), Chair-Elect (2003), Chair (2004)
 * Percy L. Julian Award for Pure and Applied Research in Science and Engineering, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) (2007)
 * 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2006)
 * IBM Invention Achievement Award (2001)

Robert Whitman
Robert K. Whitman is an electrical engineer who is a Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Denver.

Early Career and education
Originally from Church Rock NM. Grew up on the Navajo Reservation. BSEE from the University of NM, MSEE from Colorado State University and PhD from University of Colorado, Boulder.

Research and career
Profession career includes working as an engineer for the IBM Corp for 13 years, deputy director of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, and an appointment as assistant professor at the University of New Mexico

Awards and honors
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