Kenny Beckman

Current

• Director, Biomedical Genomics Center at University of Minnesota

Past

• Assistant Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
• Chief Scientific Officer at Gorilla Genomics
• Scientist at Operon Biotechnologies

• Assistant Specialist at University of California, Berkeley
• Consulting Scientist at Operon Technologies
• Postdoctoral Scientist at University of California, Berkeley

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Cambridge
• Cornell University

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Kenny Beckman’s Experience

• Director, Biomedical Genomics Center

  University of Minnesota

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Assistant Scientist

  Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  May 2003 — December 2008 (5 years 8 months)

  Principle investigator (NIH funded): aging and epigenetics.
  Director, Functional Genomics core.

• Chief Scientific Officer

  Gorilla Genomics

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)

  January 2000 — May 2003 (3 years 5 months)

  Scientific co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, responsible for directing research efforts.

• Scientist

  Operon Biotechnologies

  (Biotechnology industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

• Assistant Specialist

  University of California, Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  October 1995 — December 1999 (4 years 3 months)

  Senior researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Bruce N. Ames.

• Consulting Scientist

  Operon Technologies

  (Biotechnology industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year )

• Postdoctoral Scientist

  University of California, Berkeley

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  October 1990 — September 1995 (5 years )

  Research in the laboratory of Dr. Bruce N. Ames.

Kenny Beckman’s Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Postdoc , Molecular Genetics , 1991 — 1999

• University of Cambridge

  Ph.D. , Molecular Plant Pathology , 1986 — 1990

• Cornell University

  B.A. , Biology , 1982 — 1986

  Double Major in Biology, Biology & Society
  Graduated with Distinction in All Subjects

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa
  Phi Kappa Phi

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