Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson | |
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![]() Dr. Karen E. Nelson, Chief Science Officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific | |
Born | Jamaica |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies Cornell University |
Known for | Human microbiome |
Website | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist, who was formerly president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI).[1] On July 6, 2021 she joined Thermo Fisher Scientific as Chief Scientific Officer.
Education[]
Nelson was educated at the University of the West Indies and earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University.[2]
Career and research[]
Nelson is a prominent expert in microbial genomics and metagenomics, with applications to human health.[3] She is noted for her research on Thermotoga maritima at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) which resulted in the publication[4] of the genome of that bacterium, and which demonstrated the existence of horizontal gene transfer.[5][6] Nelson is also known for her work in human microbiome research. Her team published the first human microbiome study in 2006.[7]
Nelson was appointed president of JCVI in 2012 after serving as the director of its Rockville Campus since 2010.[8] Her current research focuses on interactions between human microbiomes and various diseases.[2] She has published more than 220 peer-reviewed papers in the field.[9] Scientific American named Nelson as one of biotechnology's "leading lights" in its 2015 "The Worldview 100."[10]
Boards and panels[]
- Editor in Chief, PNAS Nexus[11]
- Editor in Chief, Microbial Ecology[9]
- Editor in Chief, Advances in Microbial Ecology[9]
- Editorial Board Member, BMC Genomics[9]
- Editorial Board Member, Giga Science[9]
- Editorial Board Member, Central European Journal of Biology[9]
- Board Member, Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences[1]
- Member, Standing Committee on Support to the DoD's Programs to Counter Biological Threats, National Research Council[9]
Professional organizations[]
Honors and awards[]
- Helmholtz International Fellow Award[12]
- Fellow, American Society for Microbiology[9]
- ARCS Scientist of the Year (2017)[13]
- Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2017)[14]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Board Members Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ^ Jump up to: a b J. Craig Venter Institute, Director (Rockville, MD Campus) American Society for Microbiology, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ^ "PNAS Member Editor Details". nrc88.nas.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima" Nature 399
- ^ Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D., Named Director of J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD Campus PR Newswire, retrieved December 2, 2014
- ^ Karen Nelson - Spelling Out Microbial Genes Archived 2016-04-21 at the Wayback Machine Microbe World, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ^ Gill, Steven R.; Pop, Mihai; DeBoy, Robert T.; Eckburg, Paul B.; Turnbaugh, Peter J.; Samuel, Buck S.; Gordon, Jeffrey I.; Relman, David A.; Fraser-Liggett, Claire M. (2006-06-02). "Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Distal Gut Microbiome". Science. 312 (5778): 1355–1359. Bibcode:2006Sci...312.1355G. doi:10.1126/science.1124234. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 3027896. PMID 16741115.
- ^ Executive Profile Karen E. Nelson Ph.D. Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved December 1, 2014
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Committee Biographies National Research Council, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ^ "The Worldview 100 : worldVIEW". www.saworldview.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences launches New Open Access Journal, PNAS Nexus, in Partnership with Oxford University Press; Karen Nelson to Serve as Inaugural Editor-in-Chief". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ München, Helmholtz Zentrum. "Pioneering achievements in sequencing bacterial genomes: Karen Nelson receives Helmholtz International Fellow Award – Helmholtz Zentrum München – Helmholtz Zentrum München". www.helmholtz-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
- ^ "2017 ARCS Scientist of the Year Dinner | San Diego". ARCS Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "May 2, 2017: NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Science. National Academy of Science. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- Living people
- Cornell University alumni
- University of the West Indies alumni
- American microbiologists
- Evolutionary biologists
- Women evolutionary biologists
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
- Expatriate academics in the United States
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American biologists
- Jamaican women scientists
- Women microbiologists
- African-American biologists
- Jamaican biologists
- Ecology journal editors