Daniel L. Hartl, PhD - Harvard University

Daniel L. Hartl is Higgins Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.  He has authored or coauthored more than 300 scientific articles and 20 books in genetics, genomics, molecular evolution, and population genetics.  He has served as president of the Genetics Society of America and the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. He has also served as Chairman of his department at Harvard. He is was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin.  His research interests include evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution and population genetics.

Elizabeth W. Jones, (Late), PhD - Carnegie Mellon University

Elizabeth W. Jones (late) was a Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences, University Professor , and Head of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.  She published more than 80 papers and edited more than 20 books and monographs in genetics and cell biology.  She was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has served as president of the Genetics Society of America, and was Editor-in-Chief of GENETICS.  She was a member of the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Jones received her PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle.  Her research interests included gene regulation and the genetic control of cellular form.  Her last projects involved studying the function and assembly of organelles in the yeast of Saccharomyces.