Joseph Thornton
Academic
1965 –
Who is Joseph Thornton?
Joseph Thornton is an American evolutionary biologist. He is a Professor at the University of Chicago and a former Early Career Scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for resurrecting ancestral genes and tracing the mechanisms by which proteins evolve new functions.
His work has been discussed in arguments concerning intelligent design and "irreducible complexity." It has also been featured in popular discussions of the contingency of evolution.
Thornton has received the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House, as well as a Career Award from the National Science Foundation and an Early Career Scientist Award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
His background and career were profiled in an article in the journal Nature, which focused on his unusual path into science, including undergraduate study as an English major and several years as an environmental activist working for Greenpeace.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1965
Chicago - Also known as
- Joe Thornton
- Joseph Joe Thornton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
Biological Sciences
( - 2000) - Yale University
- PhD, Columbia University
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on July 23, 2013
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