Jordanka Zlatanova

What is Science? (eBook, ePUB)

Myths and Reality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Science affects the life every person on earth. From medicine to nutrition to communication to transportation, science has changed human life. And yet, there is increasing suspicion of science and scientists. This lack of understanding has motived the authors to write a short and approachable description of science and the people who do it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 90
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000047301
• Artikelnr.: 58712656

Autorenporträt

Jordanka Zlatanova is professor emerita in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming. She earned her PhD and DSc degrees in cellular and molecular biology from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, conducting experiments at the Ernst Boehringer Institute for Drug Research in Vienna, Austria. Zlatanova was head of the Molecular Genetics Department at the Institute of Genetics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences before becoming a senior research professor at Oregon State University. She was also deputy director for research of the Biochip Technology Center at Argonne National Laboratory and a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Finally, she moved to Wyoming to chair the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Wyoming. Zlatanova was recipient of a French Government Institute Pasteur award and an International Cancer Research Technology Transfer (ICRETT) award. She has authored over 150 papers and numerous books, textbooks, and book chapters. Her research interests are in chromatin structure and dynamics and its role in transcription regulation. Her work has been cited in over 6,500 publications. Her teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate courses in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, microbiology, genetics, and general biology.