Background
Scandalios, John George was born on November 1, 1934 in Nisyros Isle, Greece.
Scandalios, John George was born on November 1, 1934 in Nisyros Isle, Greece.
Bachelor, University Virginia & Columbia College, 1957; Master of Science, Adelphi University & Columbia University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University Hawaii, 1965; Honorary Doctor of Science, Aristotelian University Thessaloniki, Greece, 1986.
Associate in bacterial genetics Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, 1960-1962. National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow University Hawaii Medical School, 1965. Assistant professor Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1965-1970, associate professor, 1970-1972.
Professor, head department biology University South Carolina, Columbia, 1973-1975. Professor, head department genetics North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1975-1985, distinguished university research professor, since 1985. Member Institute Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Research Center Crete, Greece. Visiting professor genetics University California, Davis, 1969. Visiting professor Organization of American States, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, 1972. President, American Genetic Association; Board of Directors, Genetics Society of America, Treasurer Developmental Biology Society; Editor of Developmental Genetics.
Member Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee National Institutes of Health.
Author: Physiological Genetics, 1979. Editor: Developmental Genetics, Advances in Genetics, Current Topics in Medical and Biological Research. Co-editor: Isozymes, 4 vols., 1975, Monographs in Developmental Biology, 1968-1986. Molecular biology editor Physiological Plant, since 1988.
Book:Molecular Biology of Free Radical Scavenging Systems; Oxidative Stress & The Molecular Biology of Antioxidant Defenses,1997.
Served with United States Air Force, 1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, member Genetics Society of America, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Genetic Association (president), Society Development Biology (director), American Institute Biological Sciences, American Society Plant Physiologists, New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Son of George John and Calliope (Brouzos) Scandalios. Married Penelope Anne Lawrence, January 18, 1961. Children: Artemis Christina, Melissa Joan, Nikki Eleni.