Zachary Blount | |
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 Zachary Blount in front of a tower of petri dishes used in his experiment. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD, Master's Degree |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University University of Cincinnati Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Known for | E. coli long-term evolution experiment |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary Biology Microbiology Molecular Genetics |
| Institutions | Michigan State University The Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action Kenyon College |
| Thesis | The Evolution of a Key Innovation in an Experimental Population of Escherichia coli: A Tale of Opportunity, Contingency, and Co-Option. (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Lenski |
Zachary D. Blount is an American evolutionary biologist best known for his work on the evolution of a key innovation, aerobic growth on citrate, in one of the twelve populations of the E. coli long-term evolution experiment. Blount is a research assistant professor working with Richard Lenski at Michigan State University. He was previously a postdoctoral research assistant for Lenski, and was a visiting assistant professor of biology at Kenyon College from 2018 to 2019.[1][2]
- ^ "Zachary D. Blount". www.kenyon.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- ^ "Blount Lab". Blount Lab. Retrieved 2018-08-03.