Jonathan Eisen
Distinguished Professor at University of California, Davis
Davis, California, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Eisen is a Distinguished Professor at UC Davis with a 25+ year career bridging genomics, bioinformatics, and evolutionary microbiology across academia and national labs. He leads high-throughput and interdisciplinary research on microbial diversity, metagenomics, phylogenomics, and the human and environmental microbiomes, and has helped shape scholarly publishing as a former Academic Editor-in-Chief at PLoS Biology. Known for integrating computational phylogenetics with experimental work, his lab examines everything from DNA repair evolution to symbioses and vector-borne pathogens. An outspoken advocate for Open Science and STEM diversity, he combines rigorous research with public-facing science communication and blogging. Based in Davis, CA, he also brings unexpected early-career experience in field ecology and forensic investigation that informs his broad, integrative perspective.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
A.B. Biology, A.B. Biology at Harvard UniversityWalt Whitman High SchoolPh.D. Biological Sciences, Ph.D. Biological Sciences at Stanford University
Spanish
Github Skills (5)
genomes8
bioinformatics5
genomics5
css1
javascript1
Github contributions (3)
jennomics/WorkflowPaper
May 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:87 commits in 8 months
gjospin/PhyloSift
Dec 2012 - Oct 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 10 months
bioinformaticsgenomesgenomicsmetagenomes
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