Roy Curtiss
Roy Curtiss, III is a professor of Genomics, Evolution, & Bioinformatics at Arizona State University.[1] He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2001.[2]
Education
Curtiss earned his B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1956[3] and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1962.[1] At Cornell, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.
Career
Roy is the director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology within the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University.[4] He has published more than 250 articles in scholarly journals (including a proposal for uniform nomenclature for bacterial plasmids, co-authored with Royston C. Clowes, Stanley Cohen, Naomi Datta, Stanley Falkow and Richard P. Novick)[5] and has secured multiple patents.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Roy Curtiss III Faculty Page". Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "72 NEW MEMBERS CHOSEN BY ACADEMY". National Academy of Sciences. May 1, 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Dr. Roy Curtiss III '56". College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Roy Curtiss". Arizona State University. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Richard P. Novick et al., "Uniform Nomenclature for Bacterial Plasmids: A Proposal", Bacteriol. Rev., March 1976, pp. 168-189
- ^ "Leaders in Arizona biosciences honored at ABA awards dinner - ABA press release". Flinn Foundation. Jun 21, 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.