Background
Quail, Peter Hugh was born on February 4, 1944 in Australia.
Quail, Peter Hugh was born on February 4, 1944 in Australia.
Bachelor of Science, University Sydney, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Sydney, 1968.
Research associate Michigan State University/Atomic Energy Commission Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing, 1968—1971, University Freiburg, Biologisches Institute, Germany, 1971—1973. Research fellow, group leader photobiology laboratory Australian National University, School Biological Sciences, Canberra, Australia, 1973—1977. Senior fellow department biology Stanford (California) University, Carnegie Institution, 1977—1979.
Associate professor botany University Wisconsin, Madison, 1979—1984, professor botany and genetics, 1984—1987. Research director, professor molecular plant biology University California-Berkeley, Plant Gene Expression Center, 1987—1989, research director, professor department plant biology, since 1989. Consultant Resources Development Foundation, 1988, Rockefeller Foundation International Rice Research Program, 1988—1989.
Visiting scientist plant genetics Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1977. Member National Science Foundation Oversight Panel, 1982. Member review committee department energy University Georgia, Complex Carbohydrate Center, 1986.
Member National Science Foundation Grant Review Panel, 1988. Member biochemistry genetics program National Science Foundation, 1993. Ad hoc member Bio-chemical Genetics/Mechanisms of Gene Expression Program, National Science Foundation Panel, 1996—2000.
Member science advisory committee Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops Program, since 2001.
Member of National Academy of Sciences, International Society Plant Molecular Biology (board directors 1992-1996), American Society Plant Physiologists (chairman phytochrome session 1977).