John Tyson
(*1947 December 12)
Education/Teaching Experience:
1969 | B.S. in Chemistry, Wheaton College |
1968 | Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Chicago |
1974-1975 | Assistant Professor of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo |
1978-1982 | Assistant Professor of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State |
1982-1985 | Associate Professor of Biology, VPI&SU |
1985-1996 | Professor of Biology, VPI&SU |
2005- | Faculty Fellow, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute |
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Honors/Awards:
1989 | The Bellman Prize, Mathematical Biosciences |
1992 | Alumni Award for Research Excellence, VPI&SU |
2000 | Doctor honoris causa, Technical University of Budapest |
2004 | Virginia Outstanding Scientist of 2004 |
2007 | Aisenstadt Chair, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques |
2009 | Ziwet Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan |
2009 | Associate Member, Royal Academy of Sciences, Belgium |
2011 | Arthur T. Winfree Prize, Society for Mathematical Biology |
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John Tyson is an American scientist currently working at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. His current field of study is: "molecular mechanisms underlying the control of cell growth division and death."