Graham Hatfull

Graham F. Hatfull is the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he studies bacteriophages.[1] He has been an HHMI professor since 2002, and is the creator of their SEA-PHAGES program.[2]

Graham F. Hatfull
Graham Hatfull
Born (1957-08-22) August 22, 1957
Maidstone, Kent, England
CitizenshipUS, UK
Alma materWestfield College, University of London
University of Edinburgh
Scientific career
FieldsBacteriophage biology, Microbiology
InstitutionsYale University
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
University of Pittsburgh
Doctoral advisorWillie Donachie
Websitehttp://hatfull.org

Life and career

Hatfull studied biological sciences at Westfield College, University of London from 1975 to 1978.[3] He received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1981.[1] He did postdoctoral research at Yale University and the Medical Research Council.[3]

In 2002,[4] he developed the SEA-PHAGES, originally the PHIRE (Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education) program,[5] which he originally developed to include 10-12 students per year.[2] The program existed only at the University of Pittsburgh from 2002 to 2008, when the HHMI created the Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program. The first year of SEA-PHAGES, the program had 12 participative universities. The program has since spread to more than 100 universities and thousands of students per year.[2][6]

Honors

Hatfull is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and in 2020 became a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[7]

He is also the winner of the 2013 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award [8] and the 2020 Peter Wildy Prize.[9]

References
  1. "Graham Hatfull | Department of Biological Sciences | University of Pittsburgh". www.biology.pitt.edu. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "HHMI Professors | HHMI.org". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. "Graham Hatfull". Hatfull Lab. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. Hatfull, Graham F. (15 August 2015). "Innovations in Undergraduate Science Education: Going Viral". Journal of Virology. 89 (16): 8111–8113. doi:10.1128/JVI.03003-14. PMC 4524241. PMID 26018168.
  5. Temple, Louise; Lewis, Lynn (22 June 2015). "Phage on the stage". Bacteriophage. 5 (3): e1062589. doi:10.1080/21597081.2015.1062589. PMC 4588534. PMID 26442195.
  6. "Science Education Alliance | HHMI.org". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  7. https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2020
  8. https://www.aaas.org/news/six-aaas-members-win-american-society-microbiology-award
  9. https://microbiologysociety.org/news/society-news/prize-lecture-winners-2020.html
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