Charles DeLisi
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Charles DeLisi is the Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering at Boston University, and also served as Dean of the College of Engineering from 1990 to 2000. Prior to moving to Boston University, he was Professor and Chair of Biomathematical Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1987 - 1989), Director of the United States Department of Energy's Health and Environmental Research Programs (1985 - 1987), Section Chief at National Institutes of Health (1975 - 1985), and Theoretical Division Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1972 - 1975). In 1999 he initiated the Boston University graduate program in Bioinformatics, which now includes approximately 120 students and 50 faculty from across the university. He also co-directs the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and is the university’s Senior Associate Provost for Biosciences.
Dr DeLisi is co-founder of two Biotech start-ups--Pharmadyne Inc, which combines immunology and genomics to develop antiviral diagnostics and therapeutics, and Boston Array technologies, which is focused on high throughput proteomics. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 scientific papers and is recipient of numerous awards including the Presidential Citizens Medal, awarded to him by President Clinton for his seminal role in initiating the Human Genome Project.
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