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Philip Hanawalt

Physics graduate from Oberlin College, MSc degree and PhD from Yale University. Postdoctoral studies at Univ. of Copenhagen and Caltech.

Headline: Educator
Interested in: Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities
Schools: California Institute of Technology, Oberlin College, Yale University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Various organizations
Position: Editorial Service
Time period: January 1995 - Present
Description: Board of Reviewing Editors: Science. 1995-01
Managing Editor: DNA Repair: Mutation Research 1982-93
Associate Editor: Cancer Research, 1984-97; Gene Expression 1990-94
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 1994-97
Senior Editor: Cancer Research current
Editorial Board: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. current
Editorial Board: Mechanisms of Ageing and Development current
Biotechniques; DNA Repair current
Environmental Health Perspectives current
Molecular Carcinogenesis current
Honorary Editorial Board: Libertas Academica; Translational OncoGenomics 2006-

Employer: Stanford University
Position: Work experience
Description: Research Biophysicist and Lecturer, Biophysics Laboratory and Graduate Program 1961-65
Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences 1965-70
Director, Biophysics Graduate Program 1968-85
Director of Graduate Studies in Biology 1969-72; 1990-93
Professor of Biology 1970-
Program Director, Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program 1973-84
Member, Medical Scientist Training Program Committee, School of Medicine 1975-80
Member, Advisory Committee on Engineering in Biology and Medicine 1976-79
Member, Task Force on Biohazards 1977-79
Chair, Administrative Panel on Radiological Hazards 1978-80
Member, Committee on Cancer Biology 1978-81
Member, Committee on Research 1981-84
Professor of Dermatology (Joint appointment), School of Medicine 1979-
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences 1982-89
Chair, Second Senate ad hoc Committee on the Professorate 1988-90
Member, Program in Molecular and Genetic Medicine 1989-
Member, 23rd Senate of the Academic Council 1990-92
Member, Advisory Committee for Medical Free Electron Laser Center 1991-93
Member, School Planning Group, School of Humanities and Sciences 1991-93
Member, Graduate Training Program in Biotechnology 1994-
Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor 1997-2002
Member, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center 2006-

Employer: Government Service and Advisory Committees
Position: Work experience
Description: Predoctoral Fellowship Review Panel, National Science Foundation 1985
Board of Scientific Counselors, Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment, NIEHS 1987-90
Visiting Committee, Brookhaven Natl Laboratory, Dept of Biology (Chair, 1992) 1987-92
Chair, Advisory Committee, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, MIT 1988-92
Outside Review Committee, NASA Center for Research and Training in Radiation Health Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory--Colorado State University Consortium 1991-96
Advisory Committee on Biosciences and Biotechnology, Los Alamos Natl Laboratory, NM 1993-95
Special Review Committee, National Cancer Institute 1993
Scientific Advisory Board, Xenometrix, Inc., Boulder, Colorado 1993-97
Chair, External Advisory Board, Environmental Health Sciences Ctr, Sealy Ctr for
Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 1994-97
Outside Review Committee, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California 1994
Scientific Advisory Board, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, CA-EPA 1994-98
External Advisory Committee, City of Hope Clinical Cancer Research Center 1995-
Toxicology Advisory Committee, The Burroughs-Wellcome Fund (Chair 1997-00) 1995-
Scientific Advisory Board, Fogarty International Center, NIH 1995-99
Board on Radiation Effects Research, NAS/NRC Commission on Life Sciences 1995-98
Consultant, Wireless Technology Research, Ontario, Canada 1996
External Review Working Group, Natl Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH 1996-98
MRC Molecular/Cellular Medicine Board, Review of Cell Mutation Unit, Brighton, UKH 1996
Outside Evaluation Committee, Medical Genetics Center, Southwest Netherlands 1996
Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation,
BEIR VII Phase I, NRC Commission on Life Sciences 1997-98
Council for Extramural Grants, American Cancer Society 1998-01
Board of Trustees, Oberlin College 1998-
External Advisory Board, Program on Structural Biology of DNA Repair,
Lawrence Berkeley Lab 2001-
External Visiting Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, Univ. Southern CA 2001
NICHD external site visit committee 2001, 2006
External review committee, Director of NIEHS 2001
Genetics Study Section Boundaries Team, Center for Scientific Review, NIH 2002
Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee,
American Acad. of Microbiology 2003-2006
External Advisory Com. UT MD Anderson Cancer Ctr, TX, Prog. on Processing Complex Lesions 2004-
Consultant, Achaogen Inc, South San Francisco, CA 2005
International Advisory Board, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand 2005-
Special Conferences Committee, American Association for Cancer Research 2005-

EDUCATION

University: Yale University
Degree: Biophysics, PhD

University: California Institute of Technology
Degree: Molecular Biology & Genetics, Postdoctoral

University: Oberlin College
Degree: Physics, BA

University: Yale University
Degree: Physics, MSc

INFORMATION

Memberships: American Association for Cancer Research (AACR):
- Program Committee: Chair, Biochemistry Section 1990
- Special Conferences Committee 1991-94
- Board of Directors 1994-97
- Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Research Integrity and Ethics 1994
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Photobiology, Charter Member
Biophysical Society, Charter Member
- Executive Board 1969-71
- Program Chair 1971
Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS)
- Chair, Future Directions Committee 1990-92
- Program Chair/President Elect 1993
- President 1993-94
- Council Member 2000-03
- Executive Board 2001-03
Genetics Society of America
Radiation Research Society
Sigma Xi
Awards: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 1981
Inaugural Award Lecture, Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research, London 1982
Spanish Academy of Science & Catalan Society for Biology Lectureship, Barcelona 1982
Annual "Frontiers in Biology" Lectureship, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland 1986
Outstanding Investigator Research Grant, National Cancer Institute, NIH 1987-1994; 1994-2001
Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA 1989
Distinguished Lecturer of NIEHS, 6th Annual H. L. Falk Memorial Lecture 1990
Excellence in Teaching Award, Northern California Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa 1991
Annual Award for Outstanding Research, Environmental Mutagen Society 1992
Peter and Helen Bing Award for Distinguished Teaching, Stanford University 1992
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 1993
Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Labs, U.K 1993
President, Environmental Mutagen Society 1994
Annual Research Award, American Society for Photobiology 1996
Second Severo Ochoa Memorial Honors Lecture, New York University 1996
Chair, Gordon Conference on Mutagenesis 1996
Honorary Doctor of Science, Oberlin College, Ohio 1997
International Mutation Research Award for Excellence in Scientific Achievement 1997
IBM-Princess Takamatsu Lectureship, Tokyo, Sendai and Kumamoto, Japan 1999
Partab Varandani Memorial Lecture, Wright State University 1999
Chair, Gordon Conference on Mammalian DNA Repair 1999
Inaugural John Abelson Family Lecture, Washington State University 2000
Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award 2001-2005
Student Mentoring Award,Environmental Mutagen Society 2001
Foreign Associate, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 2001
Honorary Member, German DNA Repair Network 2002
John B. Little Award in Radiation Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health 2002
Sonneborn Lecture, Indiana University 2002
Rothschild-Yvette Mayent-Institut Curie Award, Paris 2003
Keynote Lecture, ASM Intl Conference on DNA Repair and Mutagenesis, Southampton, Bermuda 2004
President/Organizer 9th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, San Francisco 2005
Special Issue of Mutation Research Vol.577(1,2)ÒMechanisms of DNA RepairÓ dedicated to P. Hanawalt 2005
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Bio Bio, Concepcion, Chile 2006
Centennial Lecture, AACR Annual Meeting 2007

Philip's Contacts (3)

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  • Amanda Evans

    Chemistry and Classical Studies graduate from Bryn Mawr College with PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Cambridge.

  • Bowen Jiang

    Social Entrepreneur and Aspiring Physician