John F. McDonald
Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
USA
Biography
John F. McDonald is Professor of Biology and Director of the Integrated Cancer Research Center at Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, he serves as Chief Scientific Officer of the Ovarian Cancer Institute (Atlanta). Dr. McDonald earned his PhD from the University of California, Davis and did post-doctoral work at UC San Diego and Columbia University’s Cancer Research Center in New York
Research Interest
). Dr. McDonald is author of over 200 scientific publications, editor of 3 books and co-author of the genetics text The Science of Genetics. Dr. McDonald is the former Editor-and-Chief of Genetica–the International Journal of Genetics. He was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.