Washington University's Joseph Jez Is One of 15 'Million Dollar Professors'
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Joseph Jez, PhD, co-director of the plant and microbial biosciences graduate program at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 15 professors nationwide to receive a $1 million HHMI grant to bring the creativity he has shown in the lab to the undergraduate classroom. He plans to use the grant to establish a new two-year program called the Biotech Explorers Pathway that will introduce entering students to both the science and business of biotechnology.