Andrey Rzhetsky is the Edna K. Papazian Professor of Medicine and Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, where he is also Co-Chief of the Section of Computational Biomedicine and Biomedical Data Science.[1][2] Born in Kazakhstan, Rzhetsky was recruited to Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) by Masatoshi Nei in 1991 from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia. Rzhetsky did his postdoc at Penn State under Nei, who also helped him obtain his permanent residency in the United States. He joined the faculty at Columbia University in 1996.[3] He joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 2007, and was named the Edna K. Papazian Professor there in 2016.[4]
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References
edit- ^ "Andrey Rzhetsky, PhD". Biological Sciences Division. University of Chicago. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Andrey Rzhetsky". University of Chicago Medicine Faculty Profiles. University of Chicago. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ Stix, Gary (May 2005). "Molecular treasure hunt". Scientific American. 292 (5): 88–91. Bibcode:2005SciAm.292e..88S. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0505-88. ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 26060999. PMID 15882026.
- ^ "UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships". UChicago News. University of Chicago. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Andrey Rzhetsky publications indexed by Google Scholar
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