Department of
Biology
Univ. of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
CB# 3280, 616 Fordham Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
E-mail: bobg at
unc.edu
Phone: 919 843-8575
Fax: 919 962-1625
Education
- University of Texas,
Austin; Ph.D. 1992
- Union College,
Schenectady, New York;
B.S. 1988
Professional Experience
- Full Professor,
Department
of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2010-current)
- Associate Professor,
Department
of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2005-2010)
- Assistant Professor,
Department
of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1999-2005)
- Member of UNC
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Member of the UNC
Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
(1999-present)
- Miller Institute
Research Fellow with
David Weisblat,
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell
Biology
(1996-1999)
- Postdoctoral fellow
with
John White (1992-1993) and independent (1993-1996), MRC
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
- PhD student with
Gary
Freeman, University
of Texas, Austin (1988-1992)
Professional
Service
- Editorial Board, Development
(1999-present)
- Editorial Board, BMC Developmental Biology
(2004-present)
- Board of Reviewing
Editors, Molecular Biology of the
Cell
(2005-present)
- Editorial Board, Developmental
Dynamics (2007-present)
- Associate Editor, Genetics (2011-present)
- Editorial Board, PLoS One
(2011-present)
- Faculty of 1000,
Morphogenesis and Cell Biology Section Member (2007-present)
- NIH study section DEV-1
(2004, 2011)
- NIH study section NCF
(2005, 2006)
- NIH study section
CHHD-C (2006)
- NSF Developmental
Mechanisms Panel (3x)
- ASCB Annual
Meeting
Program Committee (2009)
- Co-Organizer, Santa Cruz Developmental
Biology
conference (2012)
Awards and Honors
- Guggenheim Fellow (2007)
- Visiting Fellow, Clare
Hall, Cambridge University (2007), Elected as
Life Member (2008)
- Phillip and Ruth
Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty
at UNC Chapel Hill (2005)
- Pew
Scholar (2000-2004)
- March of Dimes Basil
O'Connor Scholar
(2000-2002)
- Miller
Institute Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
(1996-1998)
- Medical Research
Council
Postdoctoral
Fellow (1996)
- Human Frontiers
Science
Program Postdoctoral
Fellow (1994-1996)
- Development Travelling
Fellow (1995)
- American Cancer
Society
Postdoctoral Fellow
(1992-1994)
- Outstanding
Dissertation Award, University of Texas (1993)
Research
Support
- NIH R01-GM083071
(2008-2012), R01-GM68966
(2003-2009)
- NSF IOS-0917726 (2009-2013), IOS-0235658 (2003-2008),
MCB-0235654 (2003-2006)
- Lineberger Cancer Center
UCRF Innovation Award (2008-2009)
- Pew Scholars Program
in
the Biomedical
Sciences (2000-2004)
- March of Dimes Basil
O'Connor Starter Scholar Award (2000-2002)
University Service
- Biology Dept Seminar
Committee
1999-current (Co-chair,
2003-current)
- Biology Dept Microscopy
Committee
2003-current
- Biology Dept Faculty
Development Committee 2005-current
- Biology Dept Library
Committee 2005-current
- Biology Dept Faculty Search Committees
2004, 2006, 2012
- Biology Dept Advising
Committee
2000-2004
- Biology Dept Faculty
Secretary
2000-2001, 2011-2012
- Biology Dept MCDB
Written Exam Committee 2006
- Biology Dept Advisor to
1st year MCDB
grad
students 2001-2005
- BBSP admissions
committee 2008-2009, 2011-2012
- Curriculum in Genetics
and Molecular Biology Written Exam Committee 2005-2007
- Faculty Mentor for UNC's
Carolina Covenant program for low-income student scholars 2006-2007, 2008-current
- UNC Internal Selection
Committee for Pew
& Searle Awards
2002-2004
- UNC Internal
Selection Committee
for Keck Award 2004
Teaching
- Biology
205 Cellular and Developmental Biology, 1st half of
course, each
Spring
- Biology 514
Evolution and Development, 1st half of
course, each Fall
- Graduate seminar
courses: Biology
649 Graduate Seminars in Cell Biology, Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Fall
2005;
Graduate
Seminar in Developmental Biology, half
of course, 2008/9; Biology
801 Elegant Experiments in Biology, Fall 2010; Great Experiments in
Biology, Fall 2012
Recent
Invited Talks
- UC Davis, scheduled for April 2012
- NYU Developmental Genetics Symposium, December 2011
- Gordon Conference, Motile and Contractile
Systems, August 2011
- UCSF Developmental Biology Symposium: Forces in Biology, June 2011
(hosted by
the Developmental Biology graduate students and postdocs)
- UMDNJ/Rutgers, May 2011 (hosted by
the Joint Molecular Biosciences graduate students)
- Utrecht University, Netherlands, March 2011
- Max Planck CBG, Dresden, March 2011
- IGBMC, Strasbourg, March 2011
- Basel Worm Meeting, Switzerland, March 2011
- Johns Hopkins Department of Cell Biology,
September 2010
- College of William and Mary, October 2010
- Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting,
June 2010
- UCSF, May 2010
- Caltech, May 2010
- UC Santa Barbara, May 2010
- UC Berkeley, April 2010
- University of Texas, Austin,
March 2010
- University of Arizona,
Nov 2009
- Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Nov 2009
- University of Miami, May 2009
- University of Utah, April 2009 (hosted by
the Genetics graduate students)
- Virginia Tech, April 2009
- RIKEN CDB Symposium, Kobe,
Japan, March 2009
- Buck Institute, CA, March 2009
- Duke University Developmental
Biology Colloquium, Jan 2009
- Duke University Evo-Devo Club,
Oct 2008
- Society for Developmental
Biology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, July 2008
- Skirball Institute, NY,
June 2008 (hosted by the Developmental
Genetics graduate
students and postdocs)
- University of Chicago, May 2008
- IRIC, University of
Montreal, May 2008
- Columbia University,
April 2008
- UT Southwestern Medical Center,
April 2008
- Developmental Biology Institute
of Marseilles, France, Jan 2008
- Cambridge University
Developmental Biology Seminar Series, Oct 2007
- University
of Minnesota Symposium
in Developmental
Biology,
Sept 2007
- L'Institut Jacques Monod,
Paris, Sept 2007
- 4th
International Tunicate Meeting, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, June 2007
(Plenary Lecturer)
- University of Oregon, March 2007
- University of Toronto, Dec 2006
- C. elegans
Development meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, June
2006 (Keynote speaker,
Polarity, Cell
Fate and Morphogenesis)
- University of Washington,
June 2006 (hosted by the
Developmental Biology graduate
students)
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