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computer scientist molecular biologist

Dennis Keith Anderson, American molecular biologist, computer scientist. Recipient Cora M. Downs award, Missouri Valley Chapter, 1980; Presidential fellow, American Society Microbiology, 1977.

Background

Anderson, Dennis Keith was born on March 21, 1956 in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. Son of Alvin Eugene and Eileen Catherine A. Bachelor of Science with scholastic honors, North Dakota State University, 1978.

Education

Bachelor of Science with Scholastic Honors, North Dakota State University, 1978. Master of Science, Kansas State University, 1981.

Career

Research associate Molecular Genetics, Inc., Minnetonka, Minnesota, 1981, manager support services, 1981—1983, director, data management and information system, 1983—1985, technical development and science information system specialist, 1985—1986, manager technical applications-corporation development, 1986—1987, manager, new business development, 1987—1989. Director, new business development, since 1990. Member, technical advisory board United States Department State & United States Agency for International Development, 1990—1992, member, biosafety committee, 1991.

Member plant biotechnology review panel National Academy of Sciences & National Research Council, 1991.

Achievements

  • Dennis Keith Anderson has been listed as a notable molecular biologist, computer scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, task force on genetic engineering, Minnesota, 1987—1989. Board directors Minnesota Academy of Sciences, 1989—1991. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Posix Standards committee since 1986), Minnesota Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences, Association Computing Machinery, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Father:
Alvin Eugene Bachelor of Science

Mother:
Eileen Catherine A. Bachelor of Science