Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Biology

Mailing Address:
Department of Biology,
University of Utah
257 South 1400 East,
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840

Office:
ASB422A
Aline Skaggs Biology Building
email: jorgensen@biology.utah.edu
phone: (801) 585-3517

Professional Experience

2005 -present Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

2005-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah.

2004-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah.

2003 -present Scientific Director, Brain Institute, University of Utah.

2003 –present Professor, Dept of Biology, University of Utah. Genetic analysis of neurotransmission in the nematode C. elegans.

2001 -2003 Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. Immuno-electron microscopy in the nematode C. elegans. Host: Professeur Antoine Triller.

2000 -2003 Associate Professor, Dept of Biology, University of Utah. Genetic analysis of neurotransmission in the nematode C. elegans.

1994 -2000 Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology, University of Utah. Genetic analysis of GABA function in the nematode C. elegans.

1989 - 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, Advisor: Dr. H. Robert Horvitz. Genetic analysis of GABA function in the nematode C. elegans.

1984 - 1989 Graduate Student, University of Washington, Advisor: Dr. Richard Garber. Transcriptional regulation of the Antennapedia gene in Drosophila.

1982 - 1983 Technician, University of Heidelberg, Advisor: Dr. Heinz Schaller. Epitopes of the Hepatitis B core protein.

1981 - 1982 Researcher, University of California at Berkeley, Advisor: Dr. Seymour Fogel. Stability of centromere-containing plasmids in the yeast Sacchromyces cerevisiae.

Education

1983-1989 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Genetics, Ph.D.

1982-1983 University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany; Department of Biology, Major: Molecular Biology.

1981-1982 University of California at Berkeley, Department of Genetics, Major: Genetics.

1976-1979 University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor's of Science Degree from the College of Natural Resources, Major: Animal Resources.

Awards

2004 Student Choice Teaching Award, University of Utah

2003-2010 Jacob Javits Award, National Institute of Neuronal Disease and Stroke, NIH

2001-2002 Poste Orange, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

2001 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Biology, University of Utah

1998-2003 NSF Career Award,

1997 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Biology, University of Utah

1996-1998 Damon Runyon Award

1995-1998 Klingenstein Fellow

1995-1996 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

1995-1996 ACS, University of Utah Award

1989-1992 Damon Runyon -Walter Winchell Fellow

1987 Achievement Rewards for College Scientists

1982-1983 Rotary International Scholar, Heidelberg, Germany

1979 IAESTE International Scholar, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

1979 Distinguished Student Award, University of California at Berkeley

1979 Phi Beta Kappa honor society, University of California at Berkeley