Brendan J. M. Bohannan is a microbial and evolutionary biologist. He is a professor of Environmental Studies and Biology at the director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution[1] at the University of Oregon.[2][3] He is a contributor to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[4] He is an Alec and Kay Keith Professor at the University of Oregon.[5] In 2019, along with colleagues Karen Guillemin, Judith Eisen and biophysicist Raghuveer Parthasarathy, Bohannan was awarded a $7.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to research the potential health benefits of Bacteria.[6] He is one of the world's experts on the microbes of the Amazon rain forest,[1] and was one of four speakers to participate in Cornell's Life Sciences Lecture Series in 2018–2019.[7] Before becoming a professor at the University of Oregon, Bohannan was an assistant professor of biological sciences at Stanford University.[8]

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  2. ^ "Brendan J. M. Bohannan". Science | AAAS. June 11, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Pennisi, Elizabeth (December 10, 2015). "Thousands of unexpected microbes break down our bodies after death". Science | AAAS. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Quammen, David (2019). The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. Simon and Schuste. p. 410. ISBN 978-1476776637.
  5. ^ "UO researchers urge changes in the language of the microbiome". Around the O. July 11, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Multiyear research awards, grants rose 70 percent in 2018-19". Around the O. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "New lecture series features transformative life scientists". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Hines, Sandra (February 2, 2005). "Birds, butterflies and bacteria: The same law of biology appears to apply to all". Stanford University. Retrieved January 20, 2020.


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