Graham F. Hatfull is the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studies bacteriophages.[1] He has been an HHMI professor since 2002, and is the creator of their SEA-PHAGES program.[2] In 2024, he was elected as a permanent member of the National Academy of Sciences.[3]
Graham F. Hatfull | |
|---|---|
 Graham Hatfull | |
| Born | August 22, 1957 |
| Citizenship | US, UK |
| Alma mater | Westfield College, University of London University of Edinburgh |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bacteriophage biology, Microbiology |
| Institutions | Yale University MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology University of Pittsburgh |
| Doctoral advisor | Willie Donachie |
| Website | http://hatfull.org |
Life and career
editHatfull studied biological sciences at Westfield College, University of London from 1975 to 1978.[4] He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1981.[1] He did postdoctoral research at Yale University and the Medical Research Council.[4]
In 2002,[5] he developed the SEA-PHAGES, originally the PHIRE (Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education) program,[6] which he originally developed to include 10-12 students per year.[2] The program existed only at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002 to 2008, when the HHMI created the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program. The first year of SEA-PHAGES, the program had 12 participative universities. The program has since spread to more than 100 universities and thousands of students per year.[2][7]
Honors
editHatfull is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2020 became a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[8]
He is also the winner of the 2013 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award [9] and the 2020 Peter Wildy Prize.[10]
In 2024, Hatfull was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[11] According to the Academy "[members] are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Current NAS membership totals approximately 2,400 members and 500 international members, of which approximately 190 have received Nobel prizes."[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Graham Hatfull | Department of Biological Sciences | University of Pittsburgh". www.biology.pitt.edu. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "HHMI Professors | HHMI.org". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "2024 NAS Election". National Academy of Science Website. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Graham Hatfull". Hatfull Lab. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Hatfull, Graham F. (15 August 2015). "Innovations in Undergraduate Science Education: Going Viral". Journal of Virology. 89 (16): 8111–8113. doi:10.1128/JVI.03003-14. PMC 4524241. PMID 26018168.
- ^ Temple, Louise; Lewis, Lynn (22 June 2015). "Phage on the stage". Bacteriophage. 5 (3): e1062589. doi:10.1080/21597081.2015.1062589. PMC 4588534. PMID 26442195.
- ^ "Science Education Alliance | HHMI.org". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "New Members".
- ^ "Six AAAS Members Win American Society for Microbiology Award | American Association for the Advancement of Science".
- ^ "Prize Lecture winners 2020".
- ^ "2024 NAS Election". National Academy of Science Website. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "National Academy Membership Overview". National Academy of Science Webpage. Retrieved 1 May 2024.