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Nancy A Moran
Professor
Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair (Holder)Insect and bacterial genomics and evolution, Symbiosisnancy.moran@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-232-5701
Office Location
NMS 4.232A
Postal Address
2506 SPEEDWAY
AUSTIN, TX 78712-
Moran obtained her bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin and her doctoral degree from the University of Michigan. She is an evolutionary biologist whose research intersects the fields of genetics and genomics, microbiology, entomology, and ecology. Moran’s focus is on genome evolution in host-associated microorganisms, especially bacterial symbionts of insects, and on the consequences of symbiotic associations for biological diversity and ecological relationships. She has authored 200 research papers. Moran was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Science in 2004 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. She was awarded the International Prize for Biology in 2010. Before coming to The University of Texas at Austin, she was Regent's Professor at the University of Arizona (1986-2010) and the William Fleming Professor of Biology at Yale University (2010-2013).
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James Tiedje Award, 2014, International Society for Microbial Ecology
International Prize for Biology, 2010 (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, elected 2012
University of Arizona Alumni Association Extraordinary Faculty Award, 2008
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 2007
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2006
Galileo Circle Faculty Fellow, College of Science, University of Arizona, 2006
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, elected 2004
Member of the American Academy of Microbiology, elected 2004
University of Arizona Regents’ Professor, awarded 2001
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow, awarded 1997
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BIO370 (Evolutionary BIology)
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