Education
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University.
Fox and Woese also introduced the idea of a progenote as a primordial entity in the evolution of life. While with Woese, he pioneered use of comparative analysis in prediction of Ribonucleic acid secondary structure. Using comparative analysis, he also recognized the limitations that Ribonucleic acid sequences could provide when identifying closely related species.
His research centers around understanding the early evolution of life.
Fox contends that one of the earliest components of the genetic machinery to appear in a form bearing resemblance to its modern equivalent was the ribosome. His research is actively involved in the search for biosignatures on Mars.
Fox received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1974. Both in chemical engineering at Syracuse University.
He became an assistant professor of biochemical & Biophysical Sciences at the University of Houston in 1977.
He became a full professor there in 1986.