Joseph Ecker

Dr. Ecker is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a Professor and the International Council Chair in Genetics and Director of the Genomic Analysis Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. His research focuses on genomic and epigenomic regulation in mammals and plants and on the application of DNA sequencing technologies for genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation, transcription and gene function. He has served as a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, and the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute among others. Dr. Ecker is a member of the US National Academies of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. His work has been recognized with many awards including, the John J. Carty award for the Advancement of Science from the National Academy, the George W. Beadle Award from the Genetics Society of America, and the Martin Gibbs Medal from the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Dr. Ecker received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, his BA from the College of New Jersey, and additional postdoctoral work completed at the Stanford University School of Medicine.