Joseph Jez
Spencer T. Olin Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Department of Biology
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1137
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Phone: 314-935-7821; E-mail: jjez@wustl.edu
Education
• Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics (1998), University of Pennsylvania
• B.S. Biochemistry (Honors, English minor; 1992), Penn State University
Professional Experience
• Director, WUSTL-Beckman Scholars Program (2023-current)
• Spencer T. Olin Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2019-current)
• Director, WUSTL-Amgen Scholars Program (2019-current)
• Chair, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2018-2023)
• Associate Chair, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2017-2018)
• Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2015-2019)
• Co-Director, Plant & Microbial Biosciences Graduate Program, Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2013-2018)
• Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2011-2015)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2008-2011)
• Honorary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2006-2008)
• Assistant Member & Principal Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO (2002-2010)
• Scientist, Kosan Biosciences, Hayward, CA (2001-2002)
• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Joseph P. Noel, Structural Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (1998-2001)
• Graduate Research with Prof. Trevor M. Penning, Departments of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (1992-1998)
• Research Assistant, BioPore, Inc., State College, PA (1991-1992)
• Undergraduate Research with Prof. Gregory K. Farber, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University, State College, PA (1990-1992)
• Physical Science Aide, USDA, ARS, Philadelphia, PA (1989-1990)
Honors, Fellowships, and Service
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Public Affairs Advisory Committee (2024-current)
• NIH-NIGMS-TWD-B Review Panel ad hoc member (2023)
• Arts & Sciences David Hadas Teaching Award (2022)
• Editor, Methods in Enzymology (2021-2023)
• Brookhaven National Lab – Lab for BioMolecular Structure Review Committee (2020-2023)
• Guest Editor, Emerging Topics in Life Sciences (2020-2021)
• USDA-NIFA Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products Grant Panel (2020)
• DOE-BER Program Project Review Panel (2020)
• Member, Faculty of 1000 – Plant Biochemistry & Physiology (2019-2023)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018)
• Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry, 3rd Edition (2018-2021)
• American Society of Plant Biologists Education Committee (2018-2022)
• Scientific Advisory Committee, Structural Biology Center, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory (2018-2023)
• Guest Editor, Plant Cell Reports (2017-2018)
• Guest Editor, Plant Science (2017-2018)
• Co-Chair, 2017 Plant Metabolic Engineering Gordon Research Conference
• Associate Editor, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2016-current)
• McDonnell International Scholars Academy Ambassador (2015-2020)
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Lecturer, Greifswald, Germany (2015)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor (2014-current)
• Editorial Board, The Biochemical Journal (2013-current)
• Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship (2012)
• American Society of Plant Biologists SURF Program Committee (2010-2018; chair 2017-2018)
• Section Chief Editor, Frontiers in Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity (2011-2015)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Review Panels (2011-2020)
• Scientific Advisory Board, NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (2010-2012)
• Exemplary Service Awards, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010-2013)
• Fulbright Specialist Program (2009-2014)
• NSF MCB & IOS Review Panels (2009-2018)
• Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2008-2016)
• International Scholar, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China (2007-2013)
• USDA-NRI Plant Biochemistry Grant Panel (2007)
• Arthur C. Neish Young Investigator Award, Phytochemical Society of North America (2007)
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2005)
• NIH-NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1999-2001)
• Hoffman Foundation Pioneer Fund Fellowship (1998-1999)
• Saul Winegrad Award for Biomedical Research, University of Pennsylvania (1998)
• Finn Wold Travel Award, Protein Society, Boston, MA (1997)
• Juan J. Grana Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania (1996)
• NIH Molecular Biology Predoctoral Training Grant (1992-1994)
• Gilmore Scholar, Penn State University (1992)
• University Scholar, Penn State University (1990-1992)