Education and Research Positions:
Marine Biological Laboratory, Director, September 2018 – Present
University of California, Berkeley, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Department of Integrative Biology (Co-chair Dept. of Integrative Biol., Sept. 2007 – Feb. 2008), 2003 – 2018
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Investigator, July 1, 2003 – August 31, 2010
National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan, Adjunct Professor, 2007 – Present
University of Chicago, Professor, Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1995 – 2003
Carnegie Institution, Staff Associate, Dept. of Embryology, June 1991 – March 1995
Australian National University, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Biological Sciences, Jan. 1991 – May 1991
University of California, Berkeley, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Sponsor: Dr. Corey S. Goodman, Jan. 1990 – Dec. 1990
Stanford University, Graduate student, Department of Biological Sciences, Adviser: Dr. Corey S. Goodman, PhD. received Dec. 1989
Princeton University, Undergraduate student, Department of Biology, Adviser: Dr. Malcolm S. Steinberg, A.B. received June 1984
Awards and Fellowships:
NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1984 – 1987
Damon Runyon Walter Winchell Fellow, 1991 – 1992
McKnight Scholars Neuroscience Fellowship Award, 1992 – 1995
Professional Activities:
NHGRI Comparative Genome Evolution Working Group, 2004 – 2007
NIH Developmental Biology Expert Panel – 2006
Community Sequencing Program Review Panel, DOE/JGI, 2005 and 2006.
National Academies Committee on the Impact of High-end Computing 2006 – present
NSF/Sloan Molecular Evolution Postdoctoral Fellowship Panel (1995 – 1997)
Journal Editorial Boards
PLOS Biology; 2005 – present
Developmental Biology; 2007 – present
Annual Reviews of Ecology and Evolution; Guest Editor; 2007 – 2008
Development Genes and Evolution; 1996 – present
J. Experimental Zoology; 1997 – 2005
Evolution and Development; 1999 – present
Arthropod Structure and Development; 1999 – 2007
American Naturalist; 2003 – present
Other Positions
Co-Director, Woods Hole Embryology Course; 2007 – 2011
Scientific Content Director, Society for Developmental Biology Website; 2005 – 2008
Advisory Board, The Regeneration Project, University of Florida, McKnight Brain Institute; 2007 – present
Co-Director, Cold Spring Harbor Drosophila Neurobiology Course, 1996 – 1998
Publications Nipam H. Patel
Contact Dr. Patel
Telephone #: (508) 289-7300
FAX #: (508) 289-7934
E-mail: npatel (at) mbl.edu