William C. Copeland

Who is William C. Copeland?

William C. Copeland is Principal Investigator and Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - National Institutes of Health.

William C. Copeland, Ph.D., heads the Mitochondrial DNA Replication Group and is Acting Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry/biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. He completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology studying the human DNA polymerase alpha/primase complex. He has published nearly 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Copeland served as president of the Mitochondrion Research Society from 2005 to 2007 and is currently the chair of the grants committee for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. He joined NIEHS in 1993.