12 Facts About Jo Handelsman

Jo Handelsman is a Vilas Research Professor and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor.

Jo Handelsman was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she served for three years until January 2017.

Jo Handelsman has been editor-in-chief of the academic journal DNA and Cell Biology and author of books on scientific education, most notably Scientific Teaching.

Jo Handelsman was born on March 19,1959, in New York City.

Jo Handelsman earned her Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy from Cornell University in 1979 and her Ph.

Jo Handelsman remained at Wisconsin until 2009, and then took a position at the Yale University Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology in 2010.

Jo Handelsman's research involves the study of microorganisms present in soil and insect gut.

Jo Handelsman is responsible for coining the term metagenomics and is particularly known for her work in pioneering the use of functional metagenomics to study antibiotic resistance.

Jo Handelsman has published books and held workshops on scientific teaching, for which she is recognized nationally.

Jo Handelsman is a researcher and advocate of women in science issues.

Jo Handelsman was co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute and was the first president of the Rosalind Franklin Society.

Jo Handelsman was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a Fellow in 2019.