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Rick Jensen

Professor of Biological Sciences
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119 Life Sciences I Building (MC 0910)
970 Washington Street SW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
USA

Major Field of Interest

Bioinformatics and functional genomics

  • 2004 - 2007: Alton Brann Distinguished Professor of Physics, Biology, and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
  • 2000 - 2004: Charlotte Augusta Ayres Professor of Physics and Neuroscience, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • 1998 - 2000: Chair of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • 1996 - 2000: Professor of Physics and Neuroscience, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • 1994 - 1996: Associate Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • 1992 - 1994: Associate Professor of Physics and Neuroscience, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX.
  • 1991 - 1992: Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
  • 1986 - 1991: Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, CT.
  • 1982 - 1986: Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
  • 1981 - 1982: Research Associate, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
  • 1981: Ph.D., Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences
  • 1978: M.A., Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences
  • 1976: A.B., Princeton University, Physics (magna cum laude)
  • Sigma Xi award for outstanding senior thesis, Princeton University, 1976
  • Department of Energy Traineeship, Princeton University, 1978-1979
  • Yale University Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1985-1986
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1985-1987
  • Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF), 1984-1989
  • Sigma Xi National Lecturer, 1993-1995
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society 2000-