Jo Handelsman

Jo Handelsman
Born
Jo Emily Handelsman

(1959-03-19) March 19, 1959 (age 65)
New York City, U.S.
EducationCornell University (BS)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsYale University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cornell University
WebsiteHughes Institute website

Jo Emily Handelsman (born March 19, 1959) is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1] She is also a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.[2] Handelsman was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she served for three years until January 2017.[3] She has been editor-in-chief of the academic journal DNA and Cell Biology and author of books on scientific education, most notably Scientific Teaching.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Natasha Kassulke (November 29, 2016). "Jo Handelsman named director of Wisconsin Institute for Discovery". news.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  2. ^ "Jo Handelsman". Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. ^ "Jo Handelsman". The White House. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. ^ "Jo Handelsman, PhD Profile". Yale School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Jo Handelsman, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  6. ^ Brumfiel, G.; Tollefson, J.; Hand, E.; Baker, M.; Cyranoski, D.; Shen, H.; Van Noorden, R.; Nosengo, N.; et al. (2012). "366 days: Nature's 10". Nature. 492 (7429): 335–343. Bibcode:2012Natur.492..335.. doi:10.1038/492335a. PMID 23257862.