Last Updated: 19 Apr, 2024 | Views: 342
Age: 67
Profession: Scientist
Other Profession(s): Mathematician, Economist, Geneticist
Famous For: 11th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Higher Education: Graduating
About (Profile/Biography):
On February 3, 1957, Eric Lander was born in New York City, USA. At Stuyvesant High School, where he captained the math team, he graduated in 1974 as valedictorian and earned a silver medal for the United States in the International Mathematical Olympiad. He was awarded the Westinghouse Science Talent Search for a paper he produced on quasiperfect numbers when he was just 17 years old.
Eric Lander Career:
Eric Lander worked on human genetic variation:
• Lander has studied non-coding RNAs, human population history, genome evolution, and genetic variation in humans throughout his career.
• He conducted genome-wide association studies to identify the genes crucial for biological processes.
Eric Lander Early mathematical Career:
• Lander researched representation theory applications in coding theory as well as combinatorics.
• Despite his dislike of mathematics, Lander had no desire to lead a life as a "monastic" mathematician.
Eric Lander Human Genome Project
• The first was the Human Genome Project, a disorganized, publicly sponsored project with the goal of freely and unrestrictedly published data collected.
• The project involved numerous research teams from different nations.
Eric Lander Science Advisor to the President
• Lander was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden, who also declared that he would raise the role to Cabinet status.
• Concerning the sexism allegations and his toast to James Watson, he was also questioned.
Eric Lander Awards:
• Lander was honored with the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award.
• Lander was listed as one of Time magazine's 100 most important individuals in 2004.
• The first Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences was to Lander in 2013.
• The Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics was given to him in 2016.
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