John E. Hamer

JOHN E. HAMER serves as Acting President, CEO and Chief Scientific
Officer of Paradigm Genetics, Inc. Dr. Hamer’s other positions at
Paradigm have included Director of Microbial Research and Vice President
of Research. Dr. Hamer received his PhD in Microbiology from the
University of California, Davis in 1987 and was a visiting scientist at
Dupont’s Central Research and Development from 1987 to 1989. Dr. Hamer
joined the faculty of Purdue University where he held positions of
Assistant Professor (1989-1992), Associate Professor (1992-1998) and
Professor (1998-2000) and Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences. Dr.
Hamer also served as Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at
Indiana University/Purdue University Medical School. Dr. Hamer has
received numerous grants and awards of distinctions throughout his
career, including a David and Lucille Packard Fellowship (1990-1995) and
the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship
(1993-1998). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Academic Press
journal Fungal Genetics and Biology. Dr. Hamer serves on numerous
scientific review and advisory boards including those for the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, Purdue Alumni
Science Advisory Board, and the North Carolina Genomic and
Bioinformatics Consortium.