Background
Boeke, Jef Daniel was born on February 15, 1954 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Daniël and Elisabeth (Muller) Boeke.
geneticist molecular biology educator
Boeke, Jef Daniel was born on February 15, 1954 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Daniël and Elisabeth (Muller) Boeke.
AB summa cum laude, Bowdoin College, 1976. Student, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1982.
Postdoctoral fellow, Whitehead Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1985; assistant professor molecular biology, Johns Hopkins University School Medical, Baltimore, 1986-1990; associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School Medical, Baltimore, 1990-1995; professor, Johns Hopkins University School Medical, Baltimore, since 1995. Organizer Mid Atlantic Yeast Meeting, Baltimore, 1992. Co-organizer Keystone Meeting Transposition and Side-specific Recombination, 1994.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology (editorial board Molecular and Cellular Biology since 1989), Genetics Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Susanne Utzschneider, July 24, 1979. Children: Caroline Elizabeth, Emily Ann, Annabel Clair.