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Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer is an American microbial ecologist. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Early life and education Fierer was raised in Pennsylvania, US. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Oberlin College in 1995 and his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2003. Career Following his PhD, Fierer conducted his post-doctoral at Duke University before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2006, he collaborated with biologist Robert Jackson and published a study showing acidic soils of topical forests contained fewer bacterial species than the neutral soils of deserts. As an assistant professor, he also led a study indicating women had a significantly greater diversity of microbes on their palms than men. In 2010, Fierer helped develop a tool to identify individuals DNA using the bacterial communities living on their fingers and palms left behind on objects. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |