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Michael D. Purugganan (born Manila, Philippines in 1963), a Filipino-American biologist and former journalist, is the Dorothy Schiff Professor of Genomics and the Silver Professor of Biology at New York University (NYU). Since the summer of 2012, he has served as the Dean for Science of NYU.〔http://thefilam.net/archives/6972〕 He is also on the affiliated faculty and the co-director of the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology at NYU Abu Dhabi. Previous to this, he was the associate director of the NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology in New York City from 2010 to 2012. In June 2013, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and in that same year was also named as the US representative to the Council of Scientists of the Human Frontier Science Program. He also serves on the Biological Sciences Advisory Committee for the US National Science Foundation. Purugganan is a leading authority on plant molecular evolution and genomics, and has published over 100 research papers.〔 His work encompasses the study of plant transposable element evolution, the diversification of regulatory gene families, evolution of development, molecular population genetics, the domestication of crop species and microbial social evolution. ==Journalism == He studied chemistry as an undergraduate at the University of the Philippines in the early 1980s, while working as features editor for the student newspaper The Philippine Collegian. In the wake of the assassination of Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983, Purugganan helped lead the initial news coverage in the Philippine Collegian documenting the events that eventually led to the downfall of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship.〔 After leaving the Collegian, he continued to be active in journalism, working as a news stringer for Time, Newsweek and the Associated Press. Purugganan in 1984 was offered a position as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press Manila Bureau, but had to decline as he still had to complete his university studies.〔EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT, vol. 12 pp. 3 –4 (2010), DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00385.x〕 He also wrote on politics and economics for various Philippine newsmagazines. In 1984 he was threatened with a libel suit by then Philippine Prime Minister Cesar Virata, a Marcos ally,〔 for publishing a widely circulated interview in the politically influential Mr & Ms Special Edition in which Virata was quoted as saying "Filipinos never had it so good." Said in the middle of a severe economic crisis and widening poverty, Virata and his quote were harshly criticized by numerous opinion makers as an example of the disconnect between the Marcos government and ordinary Filipinos.〔http://www.asiandialogue.com/pdf/asean_forecast/Jan1984-Dec1984/Aug1984.pdf〕 Since 2011 he has written occasional essays for the Huffington Post, and the Philippine Star, GMA News Online and Rappler in the Philippines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Purugganan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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