Maynard Olson

Maynard V. Olson is professor of genome sciences and medicine at the University of Washington. He is a specialist in the genetics of cystic fibrosis, and one of the founders of the Human Genome Project.

Originally a chemist, he received his undergraduate degree from California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Stanford University in 1970. From 1970-75, he was at Dartmouth College, and then became a molecular biologist, first at the University of Washington, then at Washington University in St. Louis, and, from 1992 on, again at the University of Washington.

Awards and honors

References

  1. U. of Washington Professor Wins $500,000 Gruber Prize in Genetics by Jason M Breslow, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10, 2007.
  2. University of Washington University Week, April 25, 2002.

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