1. Tim Stearns served as chair of the Department of Biology at Stanford as well as Acting Dean of Research and Senior Associate Vice Provost of Research.
12 Facts About Tim Stearns
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Tim Stearns is an HHMI Professor, and is a member of JASON, a scientific advisory group.
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Tim Stearns has served on the editorial boards of The Journal of Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Cell.
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Tim Stearns is known for his work on problems in cell biology and developmental biology, with a focus on the structure and function of the centrosome and cilium of eukaryotic cells.
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Tim Stearns was a Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral fellow with Marc Kirschner at UCSF, where he published work on gamma-tubulin and in vitro reconstitution of the centrosome.
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Tim Stearns has been a faculty member in the Department of Biology at Stanford since 1993.
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Tim Stearns has been active in undergraduate and graduate education, being named an HHMI Professor in 2002, and has chaired the Education committees of the American Society for Cell Biology and the Genetics Society of America.
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Tim Stearns created a pre-grad program at Stanford to train the next generation of leaders in biology research through close interaction with faculty members in course work, research and advising.
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Tim Stearns taught the Yeast Genetics course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and has taught laboratory workshops in South Africa, Chile, Ghana, and Tanzania.
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Tim Stearns is an advisor to the US government on science and technology matters.
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Tim Stearns was a member of the Defense Science Study Group, and is a current member of JASON, an independent scientific advisory group to the US that provides expertise on problems related to national security.
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Tim Stearns is an accomplished musician, and student of American traditional music and early jazz.