About Dan Graur
Born 1953. Dan Graur is an American and Romanian biologist, geneticist and university teacher.
Education Dan Graur earned a B.Sc. in biology and an M.Sc. in Zoology from Tel Aviv University. In 1985 Graur received his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for research supervised by Masatoshi Nei. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Career From 1986 to 2003 he worked in the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University. He retired in 2006 as Norman and Rose Lederer Professor Emeritus of Zoology. In 2003, he moved to the University of Houston. From 2009 to 2011 he has held the position of Councillor for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. Graur has been noted for his criticisms of the ENCODE project.
Awards and honors In 2011 Graur was awarded the Humboldt Prize. In 2015, he was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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American scientist
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Dan Graur was born on 24 July 1953 in Piatra Neamț.
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Dan Graur is a biologist, geneticist and university teacher.
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Dan Graur is American and Romanian.
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