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Maarten
J. Chrispeels
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NARRATIVE
BIOGRAPHY
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Maarten
Chrispeels is Professor of Biology at the University of California,
San Diego and the Director of the San Diego Center for Molecular Agriculture.
His scientific research is in the area of plant cell and molecular biology.
He has made major contributions to our understanding of intracellular
protein transport and discovered the proteins that permit water to pass
through plant cell membranes. His laboratory has published more than
200 research paper and 50 reviews and book chapters. With David Sadava
he has co-authored the textbook "Plants, Genes and Agriculture".
A native of Belgium, he came to the US in 1960 and obtained a doctoral
degree in Agronomy from the University of Illinois. His professional
service includes numerous government and industry advisory panels and
appointment as Editor in Chief of Plant Physiology from 1992 to 2000.
In 1996 he received the Stephen Hales Award from the American Society
of Plant Physiologists and was elected to the US National Academy of
Sciences. He has extensive contacts in Latin America and presently serves
on advisory panels in Chile and Mexico.
In the area of crop biotechnology, Chrispeels collaborates with Dr.
TJ Higgins from Australia. They used gene transfer technologies to produce
the first insect resistant seeds by transferring a gene from the common
bean to the garden pea. As director of the San Diego Center for Molecular
Agriculture, Chrispeels has become a spokesperson/educator about crop
biotechnolgy and foods from genetically modified crops. He recently
produced a highly successful brochure entitled "Foods from GM Crops"
that has been distributed worldwide.
In 1996 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the US,
and in 2000 he received a Doctor honoris causa, from the University
of Guelph
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TITLE:
Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Molecular Agriculture
BIRTHPLACE: Kortenberg, Belgium
NATIONALITY: USA
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EDUCATION
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1960 The
State University, Ghent, Belgium Agricultural Engineer
1964 University of Illinois, Urbana (Advisor: John Hanson) Ph.D. (Agronomy)
1964-1965 RIAS (with J.E. Varner), Baltimore, MD Postdoctoral
1965-1967 Michigan State University (with J.E. Varner) Postdoctoral
1967 Purdue University (with F.C. Neidhardt, 4 months) Postdoctoral
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| PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
1979-Present
Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla,
CA
1990-1991 Sabbatical Leave, Calgene, Inc., Davis, CA; Division of Plant
Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
1980-1981 Sabbatical Leave, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO (with T.J.
Higgins), Canberra, Australia
1973-1979 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, CA
1973-1974 Sabbatical Leave, University of Durham (with D. Boulter), Durham,
U.K.
1967-1973 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of California,
San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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| HONORS
AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
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Fulbright Hayes Fellow (1960-1961) o John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1973-1974)
o Member, Editorial Board of Plant Physiology (1972-1984) o Member, NSF
Advisory Panel on Developmental Biology (1975-1978) o Program Manager,
CRGO USDA/SEA (4/78-9/78) o Herman Frasch Foundation Grantee (1977-1982)
o Member, Editorial Board of the Annual Review of Plant Physiology (1978-1982)
o Member, Editorial Board of Planta (1982-present) o Associate Editor,
Plant Physiology (1984-1991) o Member, McKnight Foundation Advisory Panel
for Plant Biology (1986-1991) o Executive Committee, American Society
of Plant Physiologists (1988-1991) o Chair, Gordon Conference on Plant
Molecular Biology (1990) o Editor-in-Chief, Plant Physiology (1992-2000)
o International Advisory Board, Agrociencia (1996-present) o Organizer
of the first US-Mexico Symposium in Plant Biotechnology (1995) o Member,
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1996) o
Stephen Hales Prize, ASPP (1996) o Member, Presidential Scientific Advisory
Commission, Chile (1997-2000) o Corresponding Member of the Australian
S.P.P. (1998) o Member, Advisory Committee to the government of Chile
to establish Millennium Institutes (1999-present) o Doctor honoris causa,
University of Guelph (2000).
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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AAAS o American Society of Cell Biology o International Society of Plant
Molecular Biologists o American Society of Plant Physiologists.
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| CONSULTING |
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Mogen N.V., Leiden, The Netherlands (1992-1998) o SAB Mycogen/Dow AgroSciences
(1997-1999) o SAB Integrated Protein Technologies (1999-2000) o SAB Phylogix
(1999-present).
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| RESEARCH
INTERESTS |
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Structure-function relationship at the cellular level: ER, vacuoles, Golgi,
tonoplast o Intracellular signaling and vesicle transport o The role of
aquaporins in plant water relations o Plant genetic engineering for crop
protection against insects o Evolution of the phytohemagglutinin-arcelin-a-amylase
inhibitor genes.
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