Eric D. Green

Eric Green
3rd Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
Assumed office
2009
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byAlan E. Guttmacher (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Eric Douglas Green

(1959-12-10) December 10, 1959 (age 64)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
SpouseGabriela Adelt
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison (BS)
Washington University (MD, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsGenomics
Institutions
ThesisStructures and Biosynthesis of Asn-Linked Oligosaccharides on the Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormones (1987)
Doctoral advisor
  • Jacques Baenziger
  • Irving Boime
Other academic advisorsMaynard Olson

Eric D. Green (born December 10, 1959)[1] is an American genomics researcher who had significant involvement in the Human Genome Project. He is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a position he has held since 2009.[2]

  1. ^ Green, Eric (2019-12-10). "Turned the big 6-0 today — really hard to believe! I hear that 60 is the new 50? Here are photos of me at 4 and 30, as well as one to prove that I can still jump at age 60. It's gratifying to reflect on my life for the past ~25 years here @genome_gov, nearly half of my life!pic.twitter.com/24eLviI4LK". @NHGRI_Director. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  2. ^ "NIH Appoints Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. to be Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute". National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2019-12-14.

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