Northeastern University
Daniel Distel is a prominent marine scientist currently serving as the Director of the Ocean Genome Legacy Center at Northeastern University since January 2014, where responsibilities include overseeing the nation's first marine-dedicated public access DNA bank and research laboratory. As the founding CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc. since March 2008, Distel has been instrumental in developing a nonprofit organization focused on biodiversity and public genome archiving. Prior to these roles, Distel was the Executive Director of the Ocean Genome Legacy Foundation and held several academic positions at The University of Maine, achieving tenure as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology and a joint appointment in the School of Marine Sciences. Distel earned a PhD in Marine Biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, and a BS in Biology from Rutgers University.
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Northeastern University
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Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery. The university is a leader in experiential learning, powered by the world’s most far-reaching cooperative education program. They integrate classroom study with opportunities for professional work, research, service, and global learning in more than 100 countries. The same spirit of collaboration guides a use-inspired research enterprise focused on solving global challenges in health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools, and select graduate programs at campuses in Boston, Charlotte, N.C., San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Toronto. Campuses in Burlington, MA, and Nahant, MA, are home to research institutes for homeland security and coastal sustainability, respectively.