Eric Green | |
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3rd Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Alan E. Guttmacher (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Eric Douglas Green December 10, 1959 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Spouse | Gabriela Adelt |
Education | University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS) Washington University (MD, PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genomics |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Structures and Biosynthesis of Asn-Linked Oligosaccharides on the Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormones (1987) |
Doctoral advisor |
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Other academic advisors | Maynard Olson |
Eric D. Green (born December 10, 1959)[1] is an American genomics researcher who had significant involvement in the Human Genome Project. He is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a position he has held since 2009.[2]