Sean B. Carroll | |
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 Carroll in 2022 | |
| Born | September 17, 1960 Toledo, Ohio, US |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis (BS) Tufts University (PhD) |
| Awards | Presidential Young Investigator Award Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers Shaw Scientist Award from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary developmental biology, molecular biology, genetics |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Doctoral advisor | B. David Stollar |
| Other academic advisors | Matthew P. Scott |
Sean B. Carroll (born September 17, 1960) is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His studies focus on the evolution of cis-regulatory elements in the regulation of gene expression in the context of biological development, using Drosophila as a model system. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society (2007), of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for Advancement of Science. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
Carroll has received the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science, and the Lewis Thomas Prize at Rockefeller University. Awards-winning films he has produced include Emmy-winning The Farthest and The Serengeti Rules, as well as the Oscar-nominated All That Breathes.