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Arthur Grossman

Arthur R. Grossman
Present Position:

Staff Member (since 1982)

Department of Plant Biology
Carnegie Institution of Washington


Professor by courtesy

Department of Biology
Stanford University



Past Positions:

Assistant Professor by courtesy, 1982-1989         Department of Biology, Stanford University

Associate Professor by courtesy, 1989-2000             Department of Biology, Stanford University

Chief of Genetics                                                       Solazyme Inc, South San Francisco



Education & Research Experiences:

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1978-1982                             Department of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University  Project: Uptake of polypeptides into chloroplasts

PhD, 1978                                                                         Department of Biology, Indiana University             Project: Characterization of photosynthetic mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

BS with Honors, 1973
Brooklyn College, New York                                         Major in Biology

Honors, Services and Fellowships:

2017

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Chair of the Gordon Conference on photosynthesis in 2017

2016

Chair of the review panel for the Integrated Microbial Diversity Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

2016

Scientific Advisory Board, Boyce Thompson Institute

2015

Member of Review Panel for the Genomics and Synthetic Biology Program, New York University, Abu Dhabi

2015

Co-Chair of the Gordon Conference on Photosynthesis in 2015

2014

Visiting Scientist Fellowship – Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), Universita Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM)

2014-2015

Scientific Advisory Board, Boyce Thompson Institute

2014

Advisory Board – Pheonix Bioinformatics (2013-2018)

2013

Organizer of Western Photosynthesis Conference – 2013

2013

Teacher 17th International Course of the School of Pure and Applied Biophysics, Venice (Jan. 28-Feb 1)

2013

External examiner on Thesis defense of Laura Houille

2013

Member of EU Sunbiopath evaluation committee (Jan 20-24)

2013-2014

Panel Member to Review Science and Technology Center, University of

Nebraska

2013

Review of Science and Technology Centers for NSF (Jan 13-15)

2012-present

Co-editor-in Chief, Journal of Phycology

2012

Co-organizer of Western Photosynthesis Conference

2011, 2014-2015

Steering Committee, University of Texas Culture Collection

2011

Member of DOE Evaluation Committee, Plant Research Laboratory

2011

Recipient of Lady Davis Fellowship

2009

Steering committee, Joint Genome Institute

2009

Recipient of Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal (National Academy of Sciences)

2008

National Resources Defense Council Algal Biofuels Advisory Committee

2008

Editorial Board Molecular Plant

2007

Editorial Board Eukaryotic Cell

2005-2009

Editorial Board Annual Review Genetics

2004

Geographical represented for the International Society of Photosynthesis  

Research (elected position)

2002

Darbaker Prize for work on microalgae (Botanical Society of America)

2002-2008

Editorial Board, Current Genetics

2000-2003

Scientific Advisory Board for the Wallenberg Consortium North

2000

Advisory Committee, Arizona State University Consortium to establish an NSF-funded Biotechnology Center

2000-2004

Editorial Board, Plant and Cell Physiology

2000

Organizer of Symposium ‘The Dynamics and Evolution of Light Harvesting Complexes’ (to honor Elizabeth Gantt)

1999

Coorganizer of Symposium to Honor the retirement of Olle Bjórkman

1998

Organizer of US-Japan Binational Meeting (Asilomar, CA)

1997

Editorial Board, Journal of Phycology

1996-1998

Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry

1996

Guest on the Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Genetics (1998, Vol. 32)

1995

Plenary Lecture - Japan Society of Plant Physiologists (March)

1995

Coordinator for the Organization of the Plant Biology Retreat

1994

Member of AIBS panel to evaluate joint projects in plant biology

1994

Editor-Seminars in Cell Biology "Light regulation in photosynthetic organisms" (Autumn,1994)

1994

Organizer of the Plant Biology Retreat

1993

Guest on the Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Genetics (1995 Vol. 29)

1993

Organizer Cyanobacterial Workshop at Asilomar

1992-1993

Guest Teacher in Marine Molecular Phycology Course at Friday Harbor

1992

Recipient-Nehru University, Department of Biotechnology Fellowship to work in India for 3 months (January - April 1992)

1991

Help in organization of conference on tetrapyrrols (Solicited by Paul Castelfrance)

1990

Editorial Board Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

1989

Member NSF Panel - Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards

1998

Participated in the organization of the C. Stacy French Symposium on Photosynthesis.

1987, 1991

Member of Photosynthesis Panel (USDA)

1987

Member Program Committee “Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria Workshop” St. Louis, MO, July 17-19

1987-1998, 1992

Organizer of the Carnegie Seminar Series

1987-1993

Editorial Board Plant Physiology

1985

Guest Member of .Editorial Board for the Annual Review of Plant Physiology (1987 Vol.)

1985

Member of Plant Molecular Biology Panel (USDA)

1984

Member of NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Panel

1979-1981

National Institute of Health: Postdoctoral Fellowship

1977

Floyd Fellowship

1974-1979

National Science Foundation: Predoctoral Fellowship

1972

L. Whorley Award in Biology

1968-1972

New York State Regents Scholarship

 

Phi Beta Kappa

 

American Society of Plant Physiologists


Ad hoc Reviewer:

National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Department of Agriculture (DOE) and a number of international agencies


Peer Reviewer:

Science, Nature, PNAS, The Plant Cell, EMBO Journal, The Plant Journal, Molecular Microbiology, Plant Physiology and Journal of Bacteriology


Committee of the grant agencies to evaluate their scientific directions:

Systems biology approaches for future development, the National Academy of Sciences (algal biofuels), NASA program for experiments in the shuttle, NRDC advisory board etc.