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

• 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)