Jorgensen
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Adjunct Professor, Human Genetics
  • Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Distinguished Professor, School Of Biological Sciences

Professional Service

  • C. elegans Neuronal Gene Expression Map & Network (CeNGEN) Project, Yale University. Advisory Board. 10/2019 - present
  • NIH NIBIB. Role: Intramural Review. Board of Scientific Counselors. 10/2018 - present
  • University of Utah Center for Cell & Genome Sciences. Role: Organizer. What's the Big Idea? Conference. 04/29/2016 - present
  • Annual Review of Genetics. Editorial Board. 01/2015 - present
  • Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. Neurobiology Course Lecturer. 07/2014 - present
  • FEI Life Sciences. Life Sciences Advisory Board. 01/2014 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Member, National Academy of Science. 05/2022
  • Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology. State of Utah, 03/2015
  • Roger Eckert Memoiral Award. Goettingen University, 01/2015
  • Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Homboldt Foundation, Germany. Humboldt Foundation, 05/2012
  • Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 02/08/2011
  • College of Science Professor Award. University of Utah, 10/10/2010

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