Ericlyons

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Education

BA University of California, Berkeley
- Molecular and Cell Biology 1997
MA University of California, Berkeley
- Microbial Biology 1999
  - Thesis Advisor: Norman Pace (Microbial Diversity)
  - Project: Human microbial diversity
PhD University of California, Berkeley
- Plant Biology 2008
  - Thesis Advisor: Michael Freeling (Maize Geneticist)
  - Project: Comparative genomics of plants
Postdoc University of California, Berkeley
- Plant Genome Evolution 2009
  - Thesis Advisor: Michael Freeling (Maize Geneticist)
  - Project: Comparative genomics of plants

Professional Experience

Program Director National Science Foundation, DBI 01/2024-present
Full Professor Plant Sciences, University of Arizona 08/2023-present
Associate Professor Plant Sciences, University of Arizona 08/2017-08/2023
Adjunct Professor Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona 08/2017-present
Adjunct Professor School of Information, University of Arizona 08/2019-present
Chief Scientific Officer Upetsia, Inc. 10/2021-07/2023
Program Director National Science Foundation, IOS 01/2018-07/2019
Assistant Professor Plant Sciences, University of Arizona 08/2012-08/2017
Senior Scientific Developer iPlant Collaborative, University of Arizona 09/2010-08/2012
Postdoctoral Research University of California, Berkeley 01/2009-09/2010
Graduate Student Research University of California, Berkeley 01/2006-12/2008
Programmer/Analyst III University of California, Berkeley 01/2005-12/2005
Senior Scientific Developer Biotique Systems, Inc. 01/2004-12/2004
Computational Biologist Berlex Biosciences (Bayer) 01/2002-12/2003
Research Bioinformatics Genencor International, Inc. 01/2001-12/2001
Computational Biology Associate The Molecular Sciences Institute 01/2000-12/2000
Graduate Student Research University of California, Berkeley 08/1997-08/1999
Lab Assistant University of California, Berkeley 06/1995-08/1997

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