Background
Petes, Thomas Douglas was born on March 27, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph and Helen Barbera Petes.
Petes, Thomas Douglas was born on March 27, 1947 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Joseph and Helen Barbera Petes.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1969. Phd in Genetics, University Washington, 1973.
Postdoc research associate National Institute Medical Research, London, 1973—1975, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1975—1977. Professor University Chicago, 1977—1988, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1988—2004, Duke University School Medicine, Durham, since 2004, chair, since 2004.
Vice president to president Genetics Society of America, Rockville, Maryland, 2001—2002. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Genetics Society of America (vice president to president 2001-2002).
Married Rosann Farber, July 20, 1974. Children: Laura Christine, Diana Elizabeth.