Author: Jonathan Eisen

About Jonathan Eisen

Jonathan A. Eisen, Ph.D., is a Professor at U. C. Davis. His research focuses on the mechanisms underlying the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). In addition to his research, Dr. Eisen is also a vocal advocate for “open science” especially "open access" to scientific publications and is the Chair of the PLoS Biology Advisory Board. He is also an active blogger/microblogger (e.g., http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/phylogenomics).