Jonathon (Joe) Howard is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, a Professor of Physics, and a member of the Quantitative Biology Institute at Yale University. He is best known for his research on the mechanical properties of motor proteins and the cytoskeleton, and the development of techniques for observing, measuring and manipulating individual biological molecules. In addition to biophysical research on kinesin motors and other microtubule-associated proteins, Dr. Howard studies a number of cellular systems in which force and motion play key roles. These include neuronal development and the motility of cilia and flagella. Brought up in Australia, where he studied mathematics and neurobiology at the Australian National University, Professor Howard has had a distinguished career in the United States—he was a professor at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle—and in Germany, where he played a key role, as Director, in establishing the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, one of the leading research institutes in Europe. In 2013 he returned to the United States where he enjoys new research projects, teaching and writing.
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Fellow | Biophysical Society | 2016 |
External Member | Max Planck Society, Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems | 2016 |
Pioneer Award | National Institutes of Health | 2015 |
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry | Yale University | 2013 |
Timoshenko Fellow | Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University | 2008 |
Member | European Molecular Biology Organization | 2004 |
Scientific Member | Max Planck Society, Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics | 2000, 2014 |
MERIT Award | National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases | 2000 |
Fellow | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 1996 |
Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences | Pew Charitable Trusts | 1990 |
Sloan Research Fellow | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | 1990 |
Australian National Undergraduate Scholar | Australian National University | 1976 |
Organization | Role | Date |
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RIKEN Advisory Panel, RIKEN | 11th RAC, Member | 2019 |
NIH | MFSC Study Section, Member | 2016 - Present |
Center for Mechanobiology, Singapore | Review Panel, Chair | 2015 |
Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Dresden University of Technology | Scientific Advisory Board, Member | 2013 - 2019 |
RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC) | Advisory Council, Chair | 2013 - 2017 |
RIKEN, RIKEN | 9th RAC, Member | 2013 |