Beth Shapiro

Beth Shapiro
Shapiro in 2010
Born
Beth Alison Shapiro

(1976-01-14) January 14, 1976 (age 48)
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater
Known forHow to Clone a Mammoth[4]
Awards
Rhodes Scholarship
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisInferring evolutionary history and processes using ancient DNA (2003)
Doctoral advisorAlan J. Cooper[3]
Websitepgl.soe.ucsc.edu

Beth Alison Shapiro (born January 14, 1976[5]) is an American evolutionary molecular biologist, associate director for conservation genomics at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.[6][7] In March 2024, Shapiro became chief scientific officer of Colossal Biosciences.[7] She also taught in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[7]

Shapiro's work has centered on the analysis of ancient DNA.[8][2] She was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2006[1] and a MacArthur Fellowship in 2009.[5][9]

  1. ^ a b Anon (2006). "Dr Beth Shapiro, Research Fellow". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01.
  2. ^ a b Beth Shapiro publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference dphil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference mammoth was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Anon (2011). "2009 MacArthur Fellows: Beth Shapiro". macfound.org. MacArthur Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Beth Shapiro, DPhil | Investigator Profile | 2018-Present". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  7. ^ a b c "Ancient DNA expert Beth Shapiro named CSO of Colossal". UC Santa Cruz.
  8. ^ Ancient DNA -- What It Is and What It Could Be: Beth Shapiro at TEDxDeExtinction on YouTube TEDx talk
  9. ^ Shapiro, Beth (2012). "Beth Shapiro Curriculum Vitae at Penn State University" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14.