Jo Handelsman | |
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Born | Jo Emily Handelsman March 19, 1959 New York City, U.S. |
Education | Cornell University (BS) University of Wisconsin, Madison (MS, PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Yale University University of Wisconsin, Madison Cornell University |
Website | Hughes 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]